About 60 results for ‘Roman emperor’
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Roman emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC). The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor. If a man was "proclaimed emperor" this normally meant he was proclaimed augustus, or (for generals) imperator (from which English emperor ultimately derives). Several other titles and offices were regularly accumulated by emperors, such as caesar, princeps senatus, consul and Pontifex Maximus. The power of emperors was generally based on the accumulation of powers from republican offices and the support of the army. Roman emperors refused to be considered "kings", instead claiming to be leaders of a republic, however nominal. The first emperor, Augustus, resolutely refused recognition as a monarch. Although Augustus could claim that his power was authentically Republican, his successor, Tiberius, could not convincingly make the same claim. Nonetheless, the Republican institutional framework (senate, consuls, magistracies etc. ) was preserved until the very end of the Western Empire. By the time of Diocletian, emperors were openly "monarchs", but the contrast with "kings" was maintained: Although the imperial succession was, de facto, generally hereditary, it was only hereditary if there was a suitable candidate acceptable to the army and the bureaucracy so the principle of automatic inheritance was not adopted. The Eastern (Byzantine) emperors ultimately adopted the formal title of Basileus, which had meant king in Greek, but became a title reserved solely for the "Roman" emperor (and the ruler of the Sassanid Empire). Other kings were referred to as regas. In addition to their pontifical office, emperors were given divine status: initially after their death, but later from their accession. As Christianity prevailed over paganism, the emperor's religious status changed to that of Christ's regent on earth, and the Empire's status was seen as part of God's plan to Christianize the world. The Western Roman Empire was dealt fatal blows by a set of military coups d'état in the Italian Peninsula in 475 and 476. The division of the empire into Western and Eastern was formally abolished as a separate entity by Emperor Zeno after the death of the last Western Emperor Julius Nepos in 480. Zeno's successors ruled from Constantinople (modern Istanbul) through the conquest of that city by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The last Roman Emperor, Constantine XI died in hand to hand combat defending the capital. A dynasty of claimants maintained the Imperial tradition in the province of Chaldia through its conquest by the Ottomans in 1461.
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine-Louis Barye
NAPOLEON IER (1769-1821) EN EMPEREUR ROMAIN
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Napoleon
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Reproduction du tableau de Gérôme, Ave Caesar, morituri t...
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- Field(s):
- History
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cadaver
- Gladiator
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Eponine implorant la grâce du Gaulois Sabinus, son époux,...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Family
- Julius Sabinus
- Man
- Roman emperor
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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sesterce de Marc Aurèle caesar
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Marcus Aurelius
- Roman emperor
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Sesterce d'Antonin
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Antoninus Pius
- Roman emperor
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Numismatics
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- Designation:
- coin monétaire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Roman emperor
- Tiberius
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Numismatics
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- Designation:
- coin monétaire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fleuron (architectural)
- Roman emperor
- Throne
- Tiberius
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Goldsmith
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- Designation:
- aureus
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- Portrayed subject:
- Elagabalus
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Goldsmith
- Numismatics
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- Designation:
- aureus
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- Portrayed subject:
- Elagabalus
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Goldsmith
- Numismatics
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- Designation:
- aureus ; médaillon monétaire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander Severus
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gallo-Roman culture
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- Designation:
- buste
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- Portrayed subject:
- Magnentius
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 3rd century
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Louis XIV (1638-1715) terrassant la Fronde
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Adolescence
- Allegory
- Civil war
- Crown (headgear)
- Cuirass
- Fronde
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Delacroix
Feuille de médailles antiques
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ancient Rome
- Medal
- Money
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Vercingétorix devant Jules César (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Gauls
- Gold
- Helmet
- Julius Caesar
- Roman emperor
- Serviceman
- …
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Buste de l'empereur Vitellius
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Vitellius
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Tête de l'empereur Auguste
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- Field(s):
- Vitreous enamel
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- Portrayed subject:
- Augustus
- Crown (headgear)
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Tête de l'empereur Vespasien
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- Field(s):
- Vitreous enamel
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Vespasian
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Tête de l'empereur Titus
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- Field(s):
- Vitreous enamel
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Titus
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Buste d'Auguste, empereur romain (27 av. JC - 14 ap. JC)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Augustus
- Cuirass
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Buste de Néron, empereur romain (de 54 à 68.)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cuirass
- Man
- Nero
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Buste de Vespasien, empereur romain (69-79)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Vespasian
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Buste de Titus, empereur romain (79-81)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Titus
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Buste de Probus, empereur romain (276-282)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Marcus Aurelius Probus
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Buste d'Othon, empereur romain (69)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Otho
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Tête de Vitellius, empereur romain (69)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Vitellius
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Une nouvelle vestale
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Galba
- Roman emperor
- Sitting
- Throne
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Designation:
- pendule
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Napoleon
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
- Sitting
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- Artist(s):
- Hector Giacomelli
Etude de représentations latines
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Numismatics
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- Designation:
- as
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- Portrayed subject:
- Commodus
- Portrait
- Roman emperor
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- Date:
- 2nd century
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