He'd dressed himself up as a Roman emperor for the fancy-dress party.
This type of porcelain was made specifically for the Chinese emperor and the imperial household.
Hirohito was Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989.
The Pope granted Charlemagne the title of Holy Roman Emperor back in the 9th century.
Constantine was the first emperor to promote Christianity.
More often than not, damage-control treatment was applied to documents that contained the material detrimental to the legitimacy of the emperor or the regime.
Nowhere, however, did he actually comment upon their legality or illegality, let alone pronouncing a verdict on the very faith of the emperor.
The emperor entertained them and raised the issue of the marble.
