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a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
The public halls all have soaring ceilings covered with original 16th-century frescos and are lined with stately marble busts of ancient Roman emperors and military heroes.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Ingesting lead is harmful to the body and brain, and it has been blamed for the odd and violent behavior of some emperors, and even the fall of the Roman Empire itself.
—Big Think, 22 Jan. 2025
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The only records of the mural’s past glory are a photograph, several sketches, a few etchings and a pair of watercolors that the French emperor Napoleon III gave to Queen Victoria in 1855.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
The public halls all have soaring ceilings covered with original 16th-century frescos and are lined with stately marble busts of ancient Roman emperors and military heroes.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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The coins are marked with faces of nine Roman emperors who reigned during the fourth and fifth centuries—including Eugenius, an illegitimate usurper who ruled the Western Roman Empire for just two years.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Ingesting lead is harmful to the body and brain, and it has been blamed for the odd and violent behavior of some emperors, and even the fall of the Roman Empire itself.
—Big Think, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Emperor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperor. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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