The Filial and Luminous Emperor Ching
The “Filial and Luminous Emperor” of the title was the emperor Ching, the sixth emperor of the Han Dynasty who ruled 154–141 BCE. He worked…
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Related to empires, their rulers, and their bureaucracies.
The Deeds of the Divine Augustus (Res gestae divi Augusti)
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, known as “Octavian” before 27 BCE and “Augustus” afterwards, was the adopted son of Julius Caesar and the first Roman emperor.
Read moreInscriptions of Darius the Great
Darius I, known as Darius the Great, ruled the Persian Achaemenid Empire from 522 to 486 BCE. Sometime after taking the throne, he had a…
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