Emperor

significant emperors in charge during this era. The emperors were Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. Within Ancient Rome, there was no such title as “emperor”. Instead, they had various amount of titles for emperors; such as imperator(commander), augustus(venerable), princeps(1st senator), and caesar. The first emperor was Trajan, he reigned from 98-117 A.D. He was said to be the greatest and most successful emperor after Augustus. Trajan was the first ever-roman emperor that…

censorship that intimated, beheaded, or imprisoned any opponents to Qianlong Emperor policies regarding Ming Dynasty literature. In this capacity, individuals that were perceived to be an enemy of Qing Dynasty literature became a target for government officials that sought to enforce Qianlong Emperor’s policies through trials and court hearings on literary ideology: Despite these displays of Chinese virtues, the Qianlong Emperor was not fully confident that the Chinese supported his rule, and he…

Nero’s Palace, Domus Aurea, and west of the river Tiber. Emperor Titus Flavius Domitian ruled from 81 C.E. to 96 C.E. (MacDonald). His father was Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, he was also greatly interested in architecture though was more interested in military. After years of living in Nero’s Palace, Domitian built a new one and let Domus Aurea be open to the public. Domitian’s Palace became the permanent residence of all the emperors after him (MacDonald). Built by the Roman…

ancient texts and the texts written today. There are three key subjects that contribute the Roman culture within Letters of Claudius to the Alexandrians and Ancient Rome by Thomas Martin, and they are the treatment of the Jewish people, the way the emperors address their subjects, and the existing social classes. Although Jews were allowed to…

affected the rulers of Rome, it went against the rule of Rome saying that you must worship the Roman gods and emperors, and it caused many people to suffer and parish. Once Roman emperors and rulers found out about Christianity, they were enraged. Emperors like Nero had strong feelings against Christians. He did things that were completely unfair things to Christians. For example, “The emperor blamed Christians that destroyed much of Rome and subjected them to cruel deaths” (McGraw-Hill…

was very important to the 30 year war and was actually one of the reasons the war lasted so long. Albrecht von Wallenstein was the champion of many battle and skirmishes during the 30 year war. He brought great valor and prestige to his master the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Ferdinand II, along with a large amount of resentment and contempt. Von Wallenstein would then go on to betray Ferdinand by means of treason. His treasonous act spanned from simple insubordination, to forging his own…

Roman Citizenship: Assimilation or Denial? Most, if not all people under the Empire’s rule desired roman citizenship. Through out the Severan Dynasty, there were colossal cultural and political changes, the most important being Caracalla’s edict that gave Roman citizenship to every free person of the Empire. What exactly does Roman citizenship entail though? ‘Roman’ is defined as, “of or relating to Rome or the people of Rome; of or relating to the ancient Roman Empire”1. Scholars could argue…

court politics according to Yang Lian regarding Ming China is that. The emperor and its government are unraveling before his eyes in my opinion. The Eunuchs Wei Zhongxian a lower level officials has had the ability to gain more power than the emperor himself. Yang mentions in the story that the people do not see an emperor they only see Wei. This shows that through Wei intimidation and manipulation of the government and the emperor himself power lays in the hands of Wei and no one else. Yang…

of the empire’s reign, Rome was really having a rough time of it. After Aurelius’ death, Rome never really had a strong leader. There was even a 50-year period where more than 50 emperors died, whether from assassination, which was the most common cause of death, or sickness. Due to this assassination problem, the emperors really didn’t have much time to focus on the empires other problems. The empires agricultural production declined because of warrior troops trampling crops. The fighting from…

this were the Roman emperors. A few change the empire in massive ways, that even affect our lives today. We are going to look at 4 of the empire 's most important emperors, Julius Caesar, Augustus (Or known as Octavian), Trajan, and finally Constantine. The main one that is one of the best emperors in Roman history is Augustus (Octavian), we see this through his government services that changed the world and even today affects our daily lives. First of all, the 4th best emperor is Constantine,…