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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: Latin titles such as imperator (from which English emperor ultimately derives), augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it.
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   Roman Emperor (Principate)

   The office of Roman Emperor went through a complex convolution over the centuries of its existence. During its earliest phase, the Principate, the reality of autocratic rule was masked behind the forms and conventions of oligarchic self-government inherited from the Roman Republic.
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   Roman Emperor (Late Empire)

   The office of Roman Emperor underwent significant turbulence in the fourth and fifth centuries, after assuming the trappings of Eastern despotism during the Dominate.
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   Holy Roman Emperor

   In 1508, Pope Julius II allowed Maximilian I to use the title of Emperor without coronation in Rome, though the title was qualified as Electus Romanorum Imperator ("elected Emperor of the Romans"). ... | Style | Holy Roman Emperor |
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   Roman Emperor (Dominate)

   The accession to the purple on November 20, 284, of Diocletian, the lower-class, Greek-speaking Dalmatian commander of Carus's and Numerian's household cavalry (protectores domestici), marked a major departure from traditional Roman constitutional theory regarding the Emperor, who was nominally first among equals during the Principate.
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   Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

   : 28 June 1519–24 February 1530: King of the Romans as Charles V ... | Ancestors of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
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   Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

   Abroad, Frederick intervened in the Danish civil war between Svend III and Valdemar I of Denmark and began negotiations with the East Roman emperor, Manuel I Comnenus.
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   Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

   Unlike most Holy Roman emperors, Frederick spent little of his life in Germany. ... | Holy Roman Emperor |
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   Roman Empire

   Some Romans ridiculed the notion that a Roman emperor was to be considered a living god, or would even make fun of the deification of an emperor after his death.
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    Roman Emperor (Crisis of the Third Century)

    The Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the Anarchy of the 3rd Century) marked the end of the Principate, the early phase of Imperial Roman government.

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