ROMAN EMPEROR

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• ROMAN EMPEROR (noun)
  The noun ROMAN EMPEROR has 1 sense:

1. sovereign of the Roman Empire

  Familiarity information: ROMAN EMPEROR used as a noun is very rare.

• ROMAN EMPEROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sovereign of the Roman Empire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor

Hypernyms ("Roman Emperor" is a kind of...):

emperor (the male ruler of an empire)

Instance hyponyms:

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))

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))

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; Titus Flavius Vespasianus; Titus Vespasianus Augustus (Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81))

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))

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))

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))

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))

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))

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))

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))

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))

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))

Decius (Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251))

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))

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))

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))

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))

Antonius Pius (Emperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161))