Emperor of the Romans

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imperial title monarchical title

Emperor of the Romans was the imperial title used by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire, claiming succession from the ancient Roman emperors as sovereigns of the Roman Empire in its Eastern form.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Basileus Rhomaion 3
Basileus of the Romans 3
Imperator Romanorum 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial title ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Roman Empire (Eastern part)
capital Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
claimsSuccessionFrom ancient Roman emperors ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endCause Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Constantinople
endTime 1453 ⓘ
exercisedPowerOver themes of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
firstHolder Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great
followedBy Ottoman sultan (as ruler of Constantinople) ⓘ
follows Roman emperor ⓘ
governmentForm autocracy ⓘ
caesaropapism ⓘ
GreekForm Emperor of the Romans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basileus Rhomaion
hasComponent imperial regalia of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasRole head of state of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
protector of the Orthodox Church ⓘ
sovereign of the Roman Empire in its Eastern form ⓘ
supreme legislator of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
supreme military commander of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
inception 4th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
LatinForm Emperor of the Romans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperator Romanorum
partOf Roman imperial tradition ⓘ
precededBy Roman emperor of the unified Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
residence Great Palace of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Blachernae Palace

Great Palace of Constantinople ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
significantHolder Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Basil II ⓘ
Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Heraclius ⓘ
John II Komnenos ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
Manuel I Komnenos ⓘ
Michael VIII Palaiologos ⓘ
startTime reign of Constantine the Great ⓘ
style Autokrator ⓘ
Basileus ⓘ
Despot ⓘ
symbolizedBy double-headed eagle ⓘ
usedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
wore loros ⓘ
stemma (Byzantine imperial crown) ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor of the Romans → GreekForm → Emperor of the Romans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basileus Rhomaion
Emperor of the Romans → LatinForm → Emperor of the Romans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperator Romanorum
Rex Italiae → associatedWithTitle → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperator Romanorum
Kingdom of Odoacer → claimedAllegianceTo → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Emperor
Renovatio imperii Romanorum → linkedToTitle → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Alexios I Komnenos → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Emperor Constantine IV → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine IV
Emperor Constantine VI → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine VI
Constantine XI Palaiologos → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Empress Irene of Athens → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basileus of the Romans
John VIII Palaiologos → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Justinian I → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basileus of the Romans
Manuel II Palaiologos → positionHeld → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Basil II → title → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Emperor Constantine VI → title → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine VI
this entity surface form: Basileus Rhomaion
Emperor Louis the Pious → title → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis the Pious
Manuel II Palaiologos → title → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basileus Rhomaion
Emperor Marcian → title → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
subject surface form: Marcian
this entity surface form: Basileus of the Romans
Nerva → title → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
Palaiologos dynasty → usedTitle → Emperor of the Romans ⓘ