roman emperor
Noun
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Sovereign of the Roman Empire (synset 110556797)
is a type of: emperor - the male ruler of an empirespecific instances:
- antoninus, aurelius, marcus annius verus, marcus aurelius, marcus aurelius antoninus - Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
- antonius pius - Emperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161)
- augustus, gaius julius caesar octavianus, gaius octavianus, octavian - Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
- caligula, gaius, gaius caesar - Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)
- claudius, claudius i, tiberius claudius drusus nero germanicus - Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54)
- constantine, constantine i, constantine the great, flavius valerius constantinus - Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
- decius - Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251)
- diocletian, gaius aurelius valerius diocletian - Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313)
- domitian, titus flavius domitianus - Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)
- adrian, hadrian, publius aelius hadrianus - Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)
- flavius claudius julianus, julian, julian the apostate - Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
- herculius, marcus aurelius valerius maximianus, maximian - Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311)
- lucius domitius ahenobarbus, nero, nero claudius caesar drusus germanicus - Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- marcus cocceius nerva, nerva - Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98)
- flavius theodosius, theodosius, theodosius i, theodosius the great - the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)
- tiberius, tiberius claudius nero caesar augustus - son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)
- titus, titus flavius vespasianus, titus vespasianus augustus - Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81)
- marcus ulpius traianus, trajan - Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of building (53-117)
- titus flavius sabinus vespasianus, vespasian - Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79)
same as: emperor of rome
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