Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire

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Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire was the senior imperial title held by the chief ruler of the empire’s eastern half during the Tetrarchy and subsequent late Roman imperial period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial office
imperial title
appliesTo chief ruler of the empire’s eastern half
associatedWith Constantinian dynasty
Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Diocletianic Tetrarchy

late Roman state hierarchy
derivedFrom title Augustus
governsFrom Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Nicomedia (traditionally)
surface form: Nicomedia
hasAttribute supreme civil authority in the eastern half of the empire
supreme military authority in the eastern half of the empire
hasCounterpart Western Augustus
surface form: Augustus of the Western Roman Empire
hasJurisdictionOver eastern provinces of the Roman Empire
hasPrivilege control of imperial court in the East
issuance of imperial edicts
hasRank senior imperial title
hasSymbol imperial diadem
purple robes
heldBy Anastasius I
surface form: Anastasius I Dicorus

Arcadius
Constantius II
Diocletian
Galerius
Heraclius
Justinian I
Leo I
surface form: Leo I the Thracian

Licinius
Theodosius I
Theodosius II
Valens
Zeno
higherThan Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
languageOfOrigin Latin
partOf Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Roman Empire
precedes Byzantine imperial titles
relatedConcept Dominate (Roman Empire)
Roman imperial college of tetrarchs
surface form: Imperial college of Roman emperors

Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Roman Tetrarchy
subordinateOffice Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
successorTitle Basileus
surface form: Basileus of the Romans
timePeriod from the establishment of the Tetrarchy in 293 CE
through the late Roman Empire and into the early Byzantine period
usedIn Tetrarchs
surface form: Tetrarchy

late Roman imperial period

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Maximian reignTitle Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Augustus of the Western Roman Empire
Galerius positionHeld Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire subordinateTo Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire designatedSuccessorOf Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
Tetrarchic dynasty hasPart Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Augustus of the East
Arcadius coronationAs Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Augustus of the East
Tiberius II Constantine positionHeld Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Augustus of the Byzantine Empire