文档介绍：List of Roman emperors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Roman Emperors were men who ruled the Roman Empire and wielded
power over its citizens and military. The empire was developed as the Roman
Republic invaded and occupied the majority of Europe. Under the republic,
regions of the empire were ruled by provincial governors answerable and
authorised by the "Senate and People of Rome". Rome and its senate were
ruled by a variety of magistrates – of whom the consuls were the most
powerful. The republic ended, and the emperors were created, when these
magistrates became legally and practically subservient to one citizen with
power over all other magistrates. Augustus, the first emperor, was careful to
maintain the facade of republican rule, taking no specific title for his position[1]
and calling the concentration of magisterial power Princeps Senatus (the first
man of the senate).[1] This style of government lasted for 300 years, and is
thus called the Principate era. The modern word 'emperor' derives from the title
imperator, which was granted by an army to a essful general; during the
initial phase of the empire, it still had to be earned by the 'Princeps'. The term
emperor is a modern construction, used when describing rulers of the Roman
Empire because it emphasises the strong links between the ruler and the army Augustus (Octavian), the first
(on whose support the ruler's power depended), and does not discriminate Roman Emperor of the
between the personal styles of rule and titles in different phases of the Empire. Principate Era whose
ascension ended republic rule
In the late 3rd century, after the Crisis of the Third Century, Diocletian at Rome.
formalised and embellished the recent manner of imperial rule, establishing
the so-called 'Dominate' period of the Roman Empire. This was characterised
by the explicit increase of authority in the person of the Emperor, and the use of the style 'Domin