How To Use Roman Emperor In A Sentence
- Within less than 300 pages, he tells the whole complicated story of 13th century Mediterranean history - the struggles of the Hohenstaufen dynasty to maintain their power as Holy Roman Emperors after the death of Frederick II; the growth of the power of Aragon; the political machinations by the Popes; the doggedness of the Byzantine emperor Michael Paleologus. The Sicilian Vespers, by Sir Steven Runciman
- A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain. Neth Space
- In the sixteenth chapter, Gibbon examines the persecution of Christians by several Roman emperors.
- Both St. Peter and St. Paul suffered martyrdom under the Roman Emperor Nero about 65 A . D .
- In 476 AD, the last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus was dethroned by the German general Odoacer, ending the Western Empire. Philip Giraldi: Neocon Ancient History
- Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.
- If the bold scheme could be carried through there would again be a Roman emperor in the West, Latin Christianity would stand strong and unified against schismatic Byzantium and threatening Saracens, and, by the awe and magic of the imperial name, barbarized Europe might reach back across centuries of darkness, and inherit and Christianize the civilization and culture of the ancient world. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814
- Set during the era of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator casts Joaquin Phoenix as Aurelius's villainous heir who imprisons hero general Maximus and forces him to become a gladiator.
- The full range of vices attributed to decadent Roman emperors was to be found in the private dachas and public buildings of 1930s and 1940s Russia.
- But given that most Roman emperors expected to be apotheosized after death, at least his choice of signature had some logic behind it. Please remain seated - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca
