English > Roman Emperor: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | Sovereign of the Roman Empire. |
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| Synonym | Emperor of Rome |
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| Instances | Antoninus, Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus | Emperor of Rome |
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| Antonius Pius | Emperor of Rome |
| Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian | Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC |
| Caligula, Gaius, Gaius Caesar | Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity |
| Claudius, Claudius I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus | Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered |
| 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 |
| Decius | Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will |
| 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 |
| Domitian, Titus Flavius Domitianus | Emperor of Rome |
| Hadrian, Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Adrian | Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan |
| Julian, Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus | Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine |
| Maximian, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, Herculius | Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305 |
| Nero, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus | Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice / 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) |
| Nerva, Marcus Cocceius Nerva | Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian |
| Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius | The last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths |
| 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 Vespasianus Augustus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus | Emperor of Rome |
| Trajan, Marcus Ulpius Traianus | Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva |
| Vespasian, Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus | 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 |
| Broader | emperor | The male ruler of an empire |
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| Spanish | emperador de roma, emperador romano |
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| Catalan | emperador de roma, Emperador romà |
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