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Eclipses, auroras, and other extraordinary astronomical events were sometimes considered warnings that an emperor had acted improperly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Buoyed by a youthful sense of invincibility, they dared one another to leap, waiting for another to move, like emperor penguin chicks before a first arctic plunge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Even Hadrian, the emperor, said, “I’ve never met anyone who did not feel better after receiving a compliment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Many considered Winkleman, 54, to be chat show emperor Graham Norton's presumptive successor - not least because he seemed to be ushering her through himself.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

I remembered the words of Sancho Panza: An adventuring knight is someone who’s beaten and then finds himself emperor.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Zuckerberg has shown interest in classical history, even naming his daughters after Roman emperors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

There have been eight female emperors on the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan's imperial family, whose divine status was renounced after World War II.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

For centuries, a shimmering golden fabric known as sea silk was one of the world's most exclusive luxury materials, reserved for emperors, popes, and other powerful figures.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

By the time Edmond arrived, in France in 1845, the Rothschilds were already a cross-Continental dynasty, serving as bankers to emperors, financiers of governments, and political architects of modern Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Soon after arriving in Qosqo, Pizarro's companion Miguel de Estete saw a parade of defunct emperors.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann