King 【读音】：英[kɪŋ] 美[kɪŋ]【释义】：1、(常大写)王，国王，君主 2、(某范围内)最有势力者、大王 国王和皇帝都是君主国的国家元首，但国王和皇帝有区别的：emperor早期是特指罗马帝国的皇帝，而King则泛指国王。
Related to Emperor Heraclius:Heraclius the younger Her·a·cli·us (hĕr′ə-klī′əs, hĭ-răk′lē-)575?-641. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (610-641) who captured Syria, Palestine, and Egypt from Persia (613-628) but lost them all to an army of Muslim Arabs (635-641)...
Literally, the commander of an army. In modern times, the sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of dignity superior to that of king; as the emperor of Germany or of Russia. Definition2024 Emperor See also:emperor English ...
attributable in part to his establishment of an excellent administration patterned on that of the PersianAchaemenid dynasty(559–330bce) and after Kautilya’s text on politics,Artha-shastra(“The Science of Material Gain”). Chandragupta’s son,Bindusara, continued to expand the empire to the ...
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Valentinian I was a Roman emperor from 364 to 375 who skillfully and successfully defended the frontiers of the Western Empire against Germanic invasions. Valentinian, who was the son of an army officer stationed in Pannonia (in central Europe), joined t
The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a god-emperor. Variation of Ruler. Not be confused with Supreme Deity. Deus Imperator Divine Emperor/Empress Divine King/Queen Divine Monarch/Sovereign Divine Right Divine Right of Kings God
Shah Jahan was instrumental in unifying the different regions of the Mughal Empire under the rule of the emperor. He brought the Deccan states into submission, and he also took some areas from the Persian Empire. Toward the end of his rule, the Persian Empire retook some of this area, but...
But the Athenian respite was short-lived. It ended in about six months when, due to pressures of the Persian campaign, Constantius summoned Julian again to Milan, this time to appoint him Caesar over the West, where he was to take part in the war against the barbarians in Gaul. He under...
The Djinguereber Mosque. But the king’s trip wasn’t all about giving. On his voyage, he acquired the territory of Gao within the Songhai kingdom, extending his territory to the southern edge of the Sahara Desert along the Niger River. He would go on to have an empire that spanned ...