Emperor

mother and you decide to visit me?” Meigui’s mother, “Darling, Since the old emperor has passed, we just wanted to check if everything is still okay for you. How is the new emperor?” Meigui frowns at her mother and says, “Mother, do you not think that I can win the new emperor with my looks and personality?” Her mother sighs and softly says, “Dear, even before the old emperor past we have heard that the new emperor was not interested in any of the old emperor’s concubines. So we just wanted…

the government’s creation of Buddhist monasteries. Most of the emperors of the fifth and sixth centuries spent large amounts of time, money and resources to building monasteries. The emperors were more interested in building things in their names than they were with the way their spending would affect the economy. Excessive…

son of Julius Caesar—rose to unquestionable power. This marked the beginning of the Roman Empire. Octavian, given the title Augustus, was regarded as the example that each emperor would model his reign after. In order to stay in power, the emperors had to ensure political dominance and foster unity among the people. The emperors control of the Senate, military superiority, generosity, and domestication of the economy contributed to their popularity and success as rulers. Augustus took control…

The extreme power that the emperors and their staff longed for corrupted them and quickly ruined the Qin dynasty. Qin dynasty did worst influences in China. This paper explores the unwise and detrimental policies that led to the collapse of Qin dynasty. An Overview on the Origins of Qin Empire Written accounts about Qin dynasty suggest that Fei Zi was appointed to reign over the Qin city on the northwestern side. Historians confirm that he was the pioneer of Qin emperors. In 672, Qin rulers…

Background information on the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty reigned from 202 B.C.E to 221 C.E. The first ruler of the Han Dynasty was Han Gaozu. IV. The Establishment of the Han Dynasty In the beginning Emperor Han didn’t use any of the policies from the Qin dynasty. As time went on the policies of the Qin dynasty began to be integrated. The Han Dynasty used the Qin Dynasty idea of tripartite division to divide the central government into civilian, military authorities, and censorate. V.…

The development of Mid Western Han Dynasty and Intellectual School In ancient China, intellectual schools played important roles in consolidating the government of a strong state and shaping the way people read, think, talk and live. If I were the emperor living in the mid Western Han dynasty, I would like to promote Confucianism as the main intellectual school to generalize in my country by considering the present domestic and foreign situations and different views of Confucianism, Legalism,…

In the early Empire the Emperor was in charge of all matters including military and political. The first lady would have had no say in what happened out of the household but in the household she could have had a lot of influence in what happened, but she would have taken no credit for it because it was all up to the Emperor. The Emperor had a huge influence in military matters and how the armies worked, meaning that it could have changed depending on what they wanted, regardless what others want…

Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, also known as Trajan, was born on 18 September in Italica, Spain in the year AD 52. His Spanish origin made him the first emperor of Rome to not to be born in Italy. Trajan was the son of a well-respected general and senator also named Marcus Ulpius Trajanus. In his adult years, he became a soldier and served on many distant Roman frontiers. He was elected head of the senate in 98 A.D. Shortly after, he married a woman named Pompeia Plotina. Trajan, who was at that time…

Although the idea of Machiavellianism is synonymous for sinister, ruthless, and most often heartless, Machiavelli proves near the end of chapter ten in book one of the Discourses that he in fact does not condone such behavior and even that such will be the root of destruction. In this passage, Machiavelli focuses on what a society is like with a “good” prince versus what a society is like with a “bad” prince. When Machiavelli describes a prince as bad he means that they acquired power by…

Caligula During the Roman era it was a time of innovation, brutality and with a great dynasty flourishing the emperor would take credit for their success. However, not all emperors of Rome were the essence of a great leader, like Augustus, but instead ruled with fear, and corruption. Furthermore, Around 30 AD there was an emperor named Tiberius who was putting the stability of Rome in question; for example, his judging was questionable, he raised taxes, pocked the profits, cut back on festivals…