Emperors are generally recognized to be of the highest monarchic honour and rank, surpassing king.

Emperor, title designating the sovereign of an empire, conferred originally on rulers of the Roman Empire and on various later European rulers, including the Holy Roman emperors, the Russian tsars, …

The word emperor is a general word for a ruler having total control of a country or region. There are similar words for such all-powerful rulers in various countries: the Caesars in ancient Rome, the …

EMPEROR definition: the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire. See examples of emperor used in a sentence.

There were about 130 emperors in the history of the empire. An emperor does not like to be reminded of a very humble past, and he is liable also to fear the rivalry of men who formerly were his equals. But …

When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus. Early emperors also used the title princeps ("first one") alongside …

Augustus was the first Roman emperor, reigning from 27 BCE to 14 CE. He was the great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, who had established a dictatorship but was launching a series of …

Forget prime ministers, presidents or even kings or queens: an emperor was the biggest, baddest ruler of them all — the leader of undisputed power who controlled a nation or, more usually, a number of …

Hirohito as an infant in 1902 Hirohito was born on 29 April 1901 at Tōgū Palace in Aoyama, Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, [2] the first son of 21-year-old Crown Prince …

There were about 130 emperors in the history of the empire. An emperor does not like to be reminded of a very humble past, and he is liable also to fear the rivalry of men who formerly were his equals. But …