Roman emperors

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Roman emperors were the supreme rulers of the Roman Empire, holding ultimate political, military, and religious authority from the end of the Republic through the empire’s decline.

Observed surface forms (4)


Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
historical role
imperial title
monarch
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Europe
Mediterranean region
Middle East
surface form: Near East

North Africa
country Roman Empire
endTime 1453
fall of Constantinople
followed Roman Republic
Roman consuls
hasAuthorityOver Roman Senate
Roman legion
surface form: Roman legions

imperial bureaucracy
hasCharacteristic autocratic power
legal supremacy
military command
religious authority
hasLegalBasis imperial prerogatives
military support
popular acclamation
senatorial decrees
hasPart Byzantine emperors
Constantinian dynasty
Flavian dynasty
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Nerva–Antonine dynasty
Severan dynasty
Theodosian dynasty
Valentinianic dynasty
emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire
emperors of the Western Roman Empire
influenced Byzantine imperial ideology
concept of empire in Europe
title of Kaiser
title of Tsar
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
Latin
partOf Roman imperial system
positionHeldBy Augustus
Basil II
Caligula
Caracalla
Claudius
Commodus
Constantine XI Palaiologos
Constantinus Magnus
surface form: Constantine the Great

Diocletian
Domitian
Hadrian
Heraclius
Justinian I
Marcus Aurelius
Nero
Romulus Augustulus
Septimius Severus
Theodosius I
Tiberius
Titus
Trajan
Vespasian
precededBy Roman dictatorship
religiousRole pontifex maximus
seatOfGovernment Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

Verona
surface form: Mediolanum

Ravenna
Rome
startTime 27 BC
reign of Augustus
succeededBy Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Holy Roman Emperors

medieval European monarchs
title Augustus
Caesar
dominus
imperator
princeps
typicalResidence Domus Aurea
Domus Augustana
surface form: Domus Flavia

Great Palace of Constantinople
Palatine Hill

Referenced by (13)

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

Olybrius category Roman emperors
this entity surface form: Western Roman emperors
this entity surface form: Roman imperial family
Vandals enemyOf Roman emperors
this entity surface form: Western Roman emperors
Roman Senate lostPowerTo Roman emperors
subject surface form: Constantine the Great
this entity surface form: Byzantine emperors
Julius Nepos positionHeld Roman emperors
this entity surface form: Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
Olybrius positionHeld Roman emperors
this entity surface form: Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
Valentinian III tookOfficeAs Roman emperors
this entity surface form: Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
Caesar usedBy Roman emperors
subject surface form: Caesar (imperial title)
Julius usedBy Roman emperors
Palatine Hill wasResidenceOf Roman emperors