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Avitus
Avitus , d. 456?, Roman emperor of the West (455-56). He was proclaimed emperor in Gaul with the support of the Visigoths but was deposed by Ricimer . He was elected bishop of Placentia but died soon afterward. ... Read more
mikado
mikado , a former title of the emperor of Japan used chiefly in the English language. ... Read more
Antonines
Antonines , collective name of certain Roman emperors of the 2d cent., namely Antoninus Pius ; his adopted sons, Marcus Aurelius and Verus; and Commodus . ... Read more
Philip
Philip or Philip the Arabian (Marcus Julius Philippus), 204?-249, Roman emperor (244-49). He served under Gordian III against the Persians, instigated the assassination of the emperor, and concluded a peace with Persia. The millennium of Rome was celebrated by him with the splendor of secular g... Read more
Yellow Emperor
Yellow Emperor Mandarin Huangdi, legendary Chinese ruler and culture hero; tradition holds that he reigned from 2697 BC to 2597 BC He is one of the mythical prehistoric emperors who supposedly created the basic elements of Chinese civilization. His wife is said to have developed silk production. ... Read more
emperor
emperor [Lat. imperator =one holding supreme power, especially applied to generals], the sovereign head of an empire. In the Roman republic the term imperator referred to the chief military commander and was used only on the battlefield. It was first used continuously by Julius Caesar and was re... Read more
Decius
Decius (Caius Messius Quintus Decius) , 201-51, Roman emperor (249-51), b. Pannonia. He was sent by Philip (Philip the Arabian) to quell a mutiny, but when the soldiers hailed him as emperor, he marched at their head, defeated and killed Philip near Verona, and accepted the title of emperor, add... Read more
Eusebius of Nicomedia
Eusebius of Nicomedia , d. 342, Christian churchman and theologian, leader of the heresy of Arianism . He was bishop of Nicomedia (330-39) and patriarch of Constantinople (339-42); Eusebius was powerful because of his influence with Roman Emperor Constantine I and particularly with the emperor's so... Read more
Saint Gregory II
Saint Gregory II d. 731, pope (715-31), a Roman; successor of Constantine. When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered that the emperor could not decide tenets of faith. He was supported by a popular uprising directed at the exarch of ... Read more
Jovian
Jovian (Flavius Claudius Jovianus) , c.331-364, Roman emperor (363-64). The commander of the imperial guard under Julian the Apostate in his Persian campaign, Jovian was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers when Julian was killed. He made a humiliating peace with Shapur II of Persia. He returned... Read more

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Yongle
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Yongle (or Yung-lo ) (1359–1424) MING Emperor of China (1403–24). Yongle was a usurper who seized the throne when the second Ming emperor, his young nephew, disappeared in a mysterious palace fire. A man of great...
Zheng He
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...1405–33) undertaken by order of the Ming emperor YONGLE and his successor. His first voyage in 1405–...did return with tribute in the form of gifts to the emperor, including giraffes, ostriches, and zebras from the...
Tartars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Tartars” is applied specifically to tribesmen living south of the Amur who were defeated by the Ming emperor YONGLE in the early 15th century. Papal envoys ( c. 1250) to the Mongols consistently called them Tartars, probably by...

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Faces of power.(The Yongle emperor)(portrait of Zhu Di)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Yongle became the third Ming emperor, he assumed responsibility...of portraits of past emperors and empresses, the...rule. The style of Yongle's portrait fits within...after Yongle's made emperors look more and more...portrait of the Hongzhi emperor ...
Henry Shih-shan Tsai. Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...will be shaped by the emperor in ways very different...Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle, he has presented a...dynamic and influential emperors in the last one thousand...the Ming dynasty, the Yongle emperor, Zhu Di, left a political...
Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle. As suggested by the...book, the image Emperor Yongle invokes in this study...shadow of death was upon Yongle--he had only one and...years to live--the emperor did not relax. In the...
REVENGE OF THE EVIL EMPEROR EVIL EMPEROR; Power-hungry: Emperor Yongle locked up his concubine Lady Cui (pictured here in the BBC reconstruction).
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/3/2008; 700+ words ; ...the orders of the Ming Emperor Yongle,one of the most feared...burnt beyondrecognition, Yongle decided it must be Jianwen and declared himself emperor.But rumours were circulating...fire. From then on, Yongle was haunted by the possibility...
Yongle art: Outside impacts Mysteries of 15th-century China on exhibit in New York
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 4/9/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...true. The show ''Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early 15th...the Yuan and the first Ming emperors escapes us.What is evident...white porcelain made under Yongle (1403-1424), large-size...nor has anyone explained why Yongle, who loathed the Mongols and...
Beijing's beginnings.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...greetings to Zhu Di, the Yongle emperor. They also congratulated...north-south axis, with the emperor's palace facing south...inspiration remained that of the Yongle emperor. China's emperors continued to live in the Forbidden...
The forbidden city: be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still--ancient Chinese proverb.(MUSINGS)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...more than one) where the emperor and a select few lived and...suspense--the spirits of the emperors are waiting to take you on...City, the residence of the emperor. It was also where government...who became known as the Yongle emperor, decided to move...Mongol palaces in the 1390s, ...
The Forbidden City.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...of China, the Ming dynasty Yongle emperor began constructing a new capital city. Yongle built his palaces on the east...Ming Gate, named after the Yongle emperor's dynasty. Following...wall so that altars where the emperor sacrificed to the heavens...space in China. Although ...
Alluring refuge; HOT DEAL FOR CHINA
Newspaper article from: The Press; 10/30/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...courtyards, the necropolis for 13 emperors and empresses of the Ming...Apart from the first two Ming emperors who were buried in the old...here, beginning with the Yongle Emperor (1402-1424) and ending...is the burial site of the Yongle Emperor. The Emperor Wan...
Jeannette Shambaugh Elliott with David Shambaugh. The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...For millennia, Chinese emperors collected objets d'art to...cultural circles. Before the Yongle emperor of the Ming dynasty established...collection. Indeed, the Qing emperors were avid (if not particularly...collectors. Under the Qianlong emperor, the imperial collection...