Emperor

soldiers, and Julia the Elder, his wife and Emperor Augustus’ only biological child. Much of Agrippina’s early life was spent on the northern border of Rome as Germanicus was on campaign there. Agrippina was born into a high status as the great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, who was considered the first Emperor of Rome. Equally as powerful was her descent from Germanicus. Germanicus was arguably one of the greatest Roman generals at that time. Emperor Augustus had even claimed him as one of…

of Genji The Emperor falls in love with a lower class woman (Kiritsubo). He has a beautiful son with her (Genji). Even though Kiritsubo bore the Emperor's child, they could not marry. Kiritsubo would give no political gain to the Emperor, she was just a lower-class woman. The Emperor didn't seem to care that Kiritsubo was of lower-class. His love for her was pure. However pure and real their love may have been, the people of the court did not approve of the relationship. The Emperor had…

the top of the ‘pyramid’ was the Emperor. The Emperor was considered to be of sacred origin, but did not care for the issues of the country. The Shoguns were below the Emperor but they were the real leaders of the country and made…

all of the lands of China. The emperor, Yongzheng, was the third emperor to rule under the Qing Empire. Yongzheng quickly became an empire who sought a huge amount of power. He became to be known as a very autocratic emperor as the time passed by. Yongzheng worked hard to have complete control of all his officials and have full control of his people’s views and morals throughout the entire land of his empire, and he intended to keep it that way. He was an emperor who had absolute power over…

There once was a walled city with a large Japanese palace with old brick buildings all of which were owned by an Emperor but his most prized possession was a giant ruby fixed in his throne this ruby put a protection field around his city to keep enemies out. one hazy morning he awoke to a horrendous sight the ruby had been stolen “where's my ruby” exasperated the Emperor, the entire palace was thrown into turmoil finally the ruby was turned in by Kumagaya a nearby gem dealer who had just…

built it the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. The emperor got many architects and designers to build The Forbidden City. The construction lasted 15 years. The forbidden city is important because that where the emperors live in and they were protected by walls. Inside they believed that the purple star (Polaris) was in the centre of heaven and the heavenly emperor lived in the purple palace. The palace for the emperor on earth was so called the purple city. It was forbidden to…

Ancient Rome was a clear picture of dichotomy; Rome was considered as one of the most civil societies in the Ancient world- so it would come as a surprise that Ancient Rome’s foundations were built on bloodshed, tyranny by Emperor Lucius Commodus, savagery and slavery. Although to the Roman people, bloodshed was not viewed as a cruelty but rather as a source of entertainment. This is how the Gladiatorial Games were brought upon the Roman Empire. Entertainment in any modern or ancient society has…

Empire we were given emperors who understood the needs of the empire .People who put in place rules, structures and successors who would result in the continuation of a great empire. With Emperors such as Septimus Severus during the third century and Valentinian the Third during the fifth century we see a shying away of the golden age of Rome and a republic deemed more towards selfish desires, and fulfilling their own needs and wants rather than the State of Rome. With these Emperors, poor…

I’m not going to hold back come at,” emperor Lu shouted “doesn’t give in my son, and you’re your father’s son.” King Cold shouted loudly. AS emperor Lu starts to pound on prince Ab, King Cold get a messenger running in saying “my king, my king, there’s been a breech your south wing home has been destroyed, and Queen Chi-Chi didn’t make it,” screams the messenger. “How is this possible, where are my guards, let’s go Emperor Lu, Prince Ab protect the palace hall.” King Cold demanded…

Ancient Rome was one of the most powerful empires in history, excelling above others in warfare, business, structural design, and many other subjects. Here you will find statues of the Emperor, Roman gods, and several other high ranking officials on almost every street, in every temple, and place you visit. Coined by Cassiodorus in the sixth century the vast numbers of these statues became known as Rome’s “second population” (Edwards 44)…