Caesar

E38669

Roman imperial office imperial title

Caesar was the title given to junior co-emperors in the Roman Empire, particularly formalized as the subordinate rank within Diocletian’s Tetrarchic system.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Caesar canonical	62

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman imperial office ⓘ imperial title ⓘ
abolishedAsSystem	after collapse of Tetrarchy ⓘ
associatedWith	division of imperial power ⓘ imperial succession ⓘ
byzantineRank	high court dignity ⓘ
category	Imperial Roman offices ⓘ Roman titles ⓘ
continuedIn	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
developedFrom	honorific use of the name Caesar for emperors ⓘ
etymology	derived from the cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
formalizedInSystem	Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ surface form: Tetrarchy
formalizedUnder	Diocletian ⓘ
grantedBy	reigning Augustus ⓘ
greekForm	Καῖσαρ (Kaisar) ⓘ
heldBy	Constans ⓘ surface form: Constans I Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great Constantius Chlorus ⓘ Constantius II ⓘ Crispus ⓘ Galerius ⓘ Gratian ⓘ Julian the Apostate ⓘ Licinius II ⓘ Maximian ⓘ surface form: Maximian Daia Valens ⓘ
influencedTitle	Czar ⓘ Kaiser ⓘ Tsar ⓘ
introducedAsFormalRank	late 3rd century ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Latin ⓘ
laterFunction	honorary junior title for princes ⓘ
latinForm	Caesar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
numberOfAugustiInTetrarchy	2 ⓘ
numberOfCaesaresInTetrarchy	2 ⓘ
positionInTetrarchy	junior co-emperor ⓘ
precededBy	use of Caesar as family name ⓘ
rankWithin	Roman imperial hierarchy ⓘ
relativeRank	above ordinary provincial governors ⓘ below Augustus ⓘ
role	designated imperial successor ⓘ military commander ⓘ provincial administrator ⓘ
selectionCriterion	loyal military commander ⓘ potential heir ⓘ
subordinateTo	Augustus ⓘ surface form: Augustus (imperial title)
timePeriod	Dominate ⓘ surface form: Dominate period Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Late Roman Empire
usedAs	component of full imperial titulature ⓘ
usedBy	Roman emperors ⓘ
usedIn	Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

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

Diocletian's Tetrarchy → hasJuniorEmperorTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Tiberius → adoptiveCognomen → Caesar ⓘ

César → derivedFrom → Caesar ⓘ

César → hasCognate → Caesar ⓘ

Rule of Four → hasComponentOffice → Caesar ⓘ

Rule of Four → hasJuniorTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Crispus → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Crispus → title → Caesar ⓘ

Maximian → previousTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Caesar → latinForm → Caesar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Caesar (imperial title)

Galerius → title → Caesar ⓘ

Constantius Chlorus → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Licinius → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Roman emperors → title → Caesar ⓘ

Constantine II → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Constantine II → nobleTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Constans → title → Caesar ⓘ

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus → title → Caesar ⓘ

Lucius → title → Caesar ⓘ

Drusus Julius Caesar → cognomen → Caesar ⓘ

Carinus → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Emperor Gordian III → heldRank → Caesar ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III

Kayser-i Rûm → relatedTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Emperor Titus → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

subject surface form: Titus

Gaius Caesar → familyName → Caesar ⓘ

Gaius Caesar → honorificTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Cesar → derivedFrom → Caesar ⓘ

Cesar → hasVariant → Caesar ⓘ

Lucius Caesar → familyName → Caesar ⓘ

Flavius Julius Crispus → title → Caesar ⓘ

Flavius Julius Crispus → imperialRank → Caesar ⓘ

appears on Roman imperial coinage as Caesar → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

subject surface form: Crispus

Gaius Julius Caesar → hasRomanCognomen → Caesar ⓘ

Tetrarchs → hasRank → Caesar ⓘ

Constantine III → elevatedSonToRank → Caesar ⓘ

Constantine III → elevatedConstansIIRank → Caesar ⓘ

Dalmatius → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Gallus → title → Caesar ⓘ

House of Constantine → dynasticTitle → Caesar ⓘ

Severus II → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Maximinus Daia → title → Caesar ⓘ

Constantius Gallus → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Julian the Apostate → title → Caesar ⓘ

Kaiser → etymologicallyDerivedFrom → Caesar ⓘ

Publius Septimius Geta → title → Caesar ⓘ

Licinius II → title → Caesar ⓘ

Lucius Aelius Caesar → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Lucius Aelius Caesar → title → Caesar ⓘ

Helvius Pertinax the Younger → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ

Flavius Claudius Constantinus → positionHeld → Caesar ⓘ