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Imperium

noun
(pl. imperia)
1.
The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised.  Synonym: empire.
2.
Supreme authority; absolute dominion.






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"Imperium" Quotes from Famous Books



... monarch had been acknowledged not only over great part of Gaul, but in Britain also. Caesar's words, indeed, would almost seem to point to the island as a whole having been in some sense under him: Etiam Britanniae imperium obtinuit.[72] ...
— Early Britain—Roman Britain • Edward Conybeare

... velatis manibus orant ignoscamus peccatum suom, deduntque se, divina humanaque omnia, urbem et liberos indicionem atque in arbitratum cuncti Thebano poplo. post ob virtutem ero Amphitruoni patera donata aurea est, 260 qui Pterela potitare solitus est rex. haec sic dicam erae nunc pergam eri imperium exequi ...
— Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi • Plautus Titus Maccius

... Apolinarius' testimony. Eusebius does not say in what book of Apolinarius the statement occurs. Dion says that the Thundering legion was stationed in Cappadocia in the time of Augustus. Valesius also observes that in the Notitia of the Imperium Romanum there is mentioned under the commander of Armenia the Praefectura of the twelfth legion named "Thundering Melitene;" and this position in Armenia will agree with what Dion says of its position in Cappadocia. Accordingly Valesius concludes that ...
— Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus • Marcus Aurelius Antoninus



Words linked to "Imperium" :   authorisation, Turkish Empire, Egyptian Empire, Russia, authorization, authority, say-so, Persia, potency, demesne, domain, dominance, Ottoman Empire, Persian Empire, Roman Empire, land, Egypt



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