Emperor

The First emperor Who was the first emperor? The first emperor was a man called Ying Zheng. He was born in 259 BCE and died September 10th 210 BCE, he had three children and one sibling. He was the ruler of the Qin Dynasty and was the one who ended the warring state period by completing his invasions on the other states in china. He gave himself the title of Shihangdi. In modern day china they call him Qin shihangdi which means “First Emperor of Qin”. He was the founder of the Chinese imperial…

Emperor Nero got his fabled start as simply a boy birthed by a mother who wanted to give the whole world to her son. To help her plan, his mother, Agrippina the Younger, married Emperor Claudius when Nero was a small boy. Many historians claim that this was Agrippina’s manipulative plan all along. Claudius eventually adopted the child, thus practically securing his job as future emperor. The only thing that could prevent this inevitable event from occurring was Britannicus, Claudius’ biological…

In “The Dream of the Emperor Maxen”, Elen is the love interest of the titular character and also an important political figure. Elen is given an essential role; she is credited with the acquisition of the Island of Britain and the Three Adjacent Islands, as well as holding those islands in her name. Her importance is in stark contrast to other women in the story, who are not shown to have any power. The men of Cynan “cut out the tongues of the women, lest their own language be corrupted” (Davies…

Many Emperors during the Roman Empire ruled with power. They used the military force to keep their subjects under control by instilling fear in the people. However, not every Roman Emperor ruled through power. Trajan, the emperor from 98-117, ruled through a combination of benevolent acts and decisive action. He used the power of the military to expand the borders of the empire and fix inflation, but he designed and promoted policies to improve the living conditions and job opportunities of the…

the book, Pitti travels considerably more, spending more time outside of Florence as he travels to meet emperors, kings, and nobles. Pitti’s memoirs also take on a novel persona as he writes to show his own exploits to the future generations rather than a record keeping style memoir of Dati. Pitti’s description of meeting with those of a higher rank, such as the meeting of the Holy Roman Emperor, put Pitti in a…

Emperor Commodus Born on the 31st of August, 161 AD, Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, later known as Commodus, was the Roman Emperor from 180 AD to 192 AD. He was the first Emperor to succeed his blood father since since Titus succeeded Vespasian in 79, and was also the first Emperor to be born “in the purple”, which means he was born during his father’s reign. Commodus is largely considered one of the worser Emperors to have ruled the Roman Empire. Though he ruled for quite a…

The Sui and Tang dynasties of ancient China continued the long line of emperors, but many of the emperors during the Sui dynasty were murdered. These incidents were not mistakes and often were brutal. Children murdered their parents in order to seize the empire. Adults were also ruthless when it came to claiming power. Many people were hungry for power and were not afraid to do anything to get it. Although many of these emperors were keeping the empire’s best interests at heart, they just were…

crisscross pattern not only promoted the development of trade links, but also conducive to the transmission of information, and the army redeployment, so some people say,“all roads lead to Rome.” The emperor of the Roman Empire played an important role in it. There are a lot of images of the Roman emperor. According to the reading, the author of Strong,…

Qin Shi Huangdi did. Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was the first emperor of China in the Qin dynasty. He was known for his savageness. Emperor Qin lived for 49 years between 259 B.C and 210 B.C. He was thirteen when his dad who was a king died, and became the emperor of China after many wars. Lots of people wanted to kill Emperor Huangdi, which began his obsession with being alive forever. Emperor Qin was most known for his burial site, a 8,000-soldier terracotta army that the emperor thought would…

to tie coins together and carry more safely. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people were angry about the forced labor, the taxes and lack of good and products for their own survival. Small rebellions started and the Emperor became afraid for his own safety. The Emperor was losing his “Mandate of Heaven” (1). There were earthquakes, plagues, disease, floods and other natural disasters. A money crisis began, people could not pay their taxes, there was fighting among the foreign…