Roman Emperor
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- noun
- /ˈroʊmən ˈɛmpərər/
- The Roman emperor had absolute power over the vast territories of the ancient empire.
- the Holy Roman Emperor
- Roman Emperor built
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- But who do you think are is the greatest Roman emperor?
- He influenced the last of the great or good Roman emperors.
- In a way, I'm going to be doing the reverse, that's to say, concentrating largely on images of Roman emperors and of their partners.
- But but the Roman emperor doesn't want to interfere for the most part locally.
- And then we have this, this book that's that's originally entitled to myself by a Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, who's coming a little bit later.
Examples
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In the final years of his rule, Roman emperor Hadrian sent troops to the outer borders of England.
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One likely possibility here is the Roman Emperor Caesar Nero.
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This man has even forbidden the people from paying taxes to the Roman Emperor!
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I govern this land on behalf of the Roman emperor.
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There is a truly wonderful bronze head of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus in the British Museum collection.
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Strabo, living in the age of the first Roman emperor, had a world to describe that was different from the world of his predecessors.
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In 313, the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great issued his Edict of Toleration, providing legal protection for Christians from persecution.
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Roman Emperor Trajan annexed the Nabataean Kingdom in 106 CE, making it part of the Roman Province of Arabia.
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Tripoli itself is the site of ancient Oea, now disappeared, save for the second-century A.D. arch of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in the medina, or old quarter.
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Philostorgius recounts that the Roman emperor enthusiastically sent Ulfila on a mission to the Goths following his consecration by Eusebius of Nicomedia.
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Synonyms
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3.5
A man who rules an empire made of many countries
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A person who has power over a country or its people
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6.9
A person who ruled the Roman Empire from Augustus to the end of the Western Empire
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An old title given to a Roman general after victory
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'Roman' (pertaining to Rome) modifying 'emperor' (a sovereign ruler), so a learner who knows both constituents will understand it refers to the ruler of the Roman Empire. This adjective+noun construction is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and therefore readily comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun Roman Emperor comes from the real rulers of ancient Rome. Imagine a man in a purple robe and a crown of leaves on a throne giving orders to soldiers; the word Roman means 'from Rome' and Emperor means 'the top ruler', so together they mean 'the top ruler of the ancient Roman Empire'.