Emperors

Examples

• The relations between the Ottoman Sultans and the Emperors has been singular in the annals of Moslem and Christian states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ravenna, near the head of the Adriatic, was the capital of the last Roman emperors in the time of Alaric and Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was the accidental misfortune of Germany that her Emperors never remained German. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We shall glance at the extent of this failure in the brief review we shall presently make of the emperors of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was also urged to attack the Eastern empire by Genseric the Vandal, who was faced by an alliance of the Western and Eastern emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The rest of the emperors of this period were chiefly adventurers too unimportant to the general scheme of things for us to note. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• C?sar ceased to be the family name of the Roman emperors, and became a title, Divus C?sar, the C?sar god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But all the later emperors after Diocletian wore diadems and magnificent robes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Consequently nearly all the more capable emperors set up their headquarters at some subordinate centre in a more convenient position. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Latin and Greek Churches were declared to be reunited, and Latin emperors ruled as conquerors in Constantinople from 1204 to 1261. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Would you depart from the custom of our Prophet, and be as magnificent as those Persian emperors, and descend to hell even as they have done? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And as a consequence only the hardworking emperors who kept their legions active and in close touch with themselves had long reigns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At times there were separate emperors ruling in different parts of the distracted empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was taken over and continued by the British when they became the successors of the Mogul emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Antony wore a crown in Egypt, and the Roman emperors also wore crowns of various forms, from the plain golden fillet to the radiated or rayed crown. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The British monarch, indeed, now uses as his Indian title the title of the Mogul emperors, _Kaisar-i-Hind_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• To the east of the Gothic kingdom the emperors of Constantinople ruled definitely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The emperors and dynasties might come and go; the mandarins, the examinations, the classics, and the traditions and habitual life remained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Galba, however, was only one of a group of would-be emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We will not trouble ourselves here with the names and follies, the crimes and intrigues, of its tale of emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• About 2700 to 2400 B.C. reigned five emperors, who seem to have been almost incredibly exemplary beings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I supposed that Emperors were terrible people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The two emperors met on a raft in the middle of the Niemen at Tilsit, and there came to an understanding. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You are like a murderer--you are like a slave-driver--you are like the Roman emperors! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Strong emperors like Justinian had bullied the Popes and obliged them to come to Constantinople; weak emperors had annoyed them ineffectively. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• History distinguishes two chief groups of Roman emperors who were great administrators. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I saw most of the first Roman emperors. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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