Emperors in a sentence

By placing himself under the rule of the Eastern Emperor, rather than naming himself Emperor (as other Germanic chiefs had done after deposing past emperors), Odoacer ended the Western Empire by ending the line of Western emperors.

Diocletian sought to address the challenges of the Empire's now vast geography and the instability caused by the informality of succession by the creation of co-emperors and junior emperors.

Empresses gave birth in the Purple Chamber, and the emperors born there were known as "born to the purple," to separate them from emperors who won or seized the title through political intrigue or military force.

Later Roman Emperors were generally limited to the powers and titles originally granted to Augustus, though often newly appointed Emperors would decline one or more of the honorifics given to Augustus in order to display humility.

List of emperors seeAlso This list includes all emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, whether or not they styled themselves Holy Roman Emperor.

The end of the Heian period was marked by a rapid succession of cloistered emperors, to the point that there were several retired emperors living at the same time.

The last emperor to be crowned by the pope was Charles V ; all emperors after him were technically emperors-elect, but were universally referred to as Emperor.

There were retired emperors, including cloistered emperors, both before and after the Heian period, but the notion of cloistered rule as a system usually refers to the practice put in place by Emperor Shirakawa in 1086 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard.

The Vietnamese emperors also gave this title to their ancestors who were lords or influence figures in the previous dynasty like the Chinese emperors.

This was seen as a general criticism of the Eastern Han emperors and their imperial favorites, guised in the criticism of earlier Western Han emperors.

To see a list of these emperors, see Category of fictional emperors and empresses.

After defeating Kaido, the leader of the Beast Pirates, Monkey D. Luffy officially claimed his title as one of the four Emperors of the Sea.

After the Roman Empire adopted Christianity, emperors would prohibit rituals and the sporting games that once honoured pagan gods.

And some emperors moved relatively seamlessly, in death, from being intermediaries to being gods themselves.

As such, the inaugural Township Economies Conference & Expo, to be held on the 20th – 21st June 2023 at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, presents itself at the opportune time.

Both emperors were well acquainted with Greek philosophers, teachers of literature, rhetoricians, and physicians.

His three daughters have all been named after… Roman emperors (sic).

It reminded me, as it did a lot of people, of Roman emperors and circuses.

Just as the Roman Emperors knew to give the proles bread and circuses, so too does Victoria’s very own dictator Dan Andrews.

Roman emperors Titus, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius are represented on the coins, as well as the famed Roman general Mark Antony.