单词 | western empire |
释义 | > as lemmasWestern Empire b. Of, relating to, or designating the more westerly of the two parts into which the Roman Empire was divided in a.d. 395, as Western Empire, Western emperor, etc. Also used in relation to the Carolingian Empire (and later the Holy Roman Empire) viewed as a successor of the Roman Empire in the West.The Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern administrative units by Diocletian in a.d. 285. It was divided between different rulers at the death of Theodosius I in a.d. 395, but remained nominally a single political unit until the Western Empire was dissolved on the abdication of Romulus Augustus in a.d. 476. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > the Roman Empire > part of west?a1475 Eastern Empire1577 Western Empire1584 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > of western or Holy Roman Empire emperorc1325 Kaisera1425 King (also Emperor) of the Romansc1450 Roman Emperor1567 Caesar1673 Holy Roman Emperor1784 Western emperor1790 1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. vi. 376 He that was king of Germanie held also the kingdome of Italie with the westerne Empire, and therefore did receiue three crownes. 1621 R. Crakanthorpe Def. Constantine i. xiv. 344 Charles by being made westerne Emperour, receiued an addition of reall power or right. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 162 This Western empire was forsaken, which after molder'd into an ignoble exarchate. 1722 Hist. & Antiq. Glastonbury 46 Henry the sixth, the then Western Emperor, injoined Leopold Duke of Austria..That one of the Conditions for his Releasement should be, to make Savaricus..Bishop of Bath and Wells. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxvii. 38 Maximus would have obtained, without a struggle, the sole possession of the western empire. 1790 J. Priestley Gen. Hist. Christian Church II. 332 After the death of Constantine, the Western emperors were of the Nicene faith. 1840 H. H. Milman Hist. Christianity II. iii. i. 343 In the Western provinces, Gaul, Spain, and Britain..the constitution of society was very different. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) v. 69 Odoacer..did not abolish the Western Empire as a separate power. 1921 A. E. R. Boak Hist. Rome iv. xxiv. 375 The goal of Justinian's imperial policy was the recovery of the lands of the western empire from their Germanic rulers. 1962 J. Bowle Man through Ages vii. 117 One art flourished as the Western Empire foundered: the earlier mosaic floors and wall decorations. 2002 J. Curran Media & Power i. ii. 60 Scrupulous care was taken to ensure that the ritual investment of the western emperor clearly designated his subordinate status to the pope. < as lemmas |
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