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Basileus

Basileus (Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς) is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs throughout history. In the English-speaking world, it is perhaps most widely understood to mean 'monarch', referring to either a 'king' or an 'emperor'. The title was used by sovereigns and other persons of authority in ancient Greece (especially…

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Language
Greek
Meaning
King, Emperor, Monarch
Region of origin
Ancient Greece
Romanization
basileus

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Etymology

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Modern Greece

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Basileus

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Basileus

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related to Etymology · 65
Basileus → Aegean, AlteSchwabacher, Artaxerxes, AtlantisFraktur, Breitkopf Fraktur, BreitkopfFraktur, Bronze Age Greeks, Cankama, Code2001, Cprt, Eastern Mediterranean, FetteFraktur, Fraktur3, FreeSerif, Greek, Hano, Indo-European, Its, KochFraktur, KochFraktur OT
related to Classical times · 42
Basileus → Achaemenid, Anthesteria, Arcadian Orchomenus, Aristotle, At Athens, Athenians, Athens, Basileus Basileōn, BCE, Cyrene, Dionysus, Epirus, Great King, Greek, His, Illyria, In, Ionian League, King, Kings
related to New Testament · 42
Basileus → Basileus Basileōn, Basileōs Herodou, Caesar, Caesar Augustus, Christian, Corinthians, Decree, Dogma, Doxēs, Glory, Heaven, Hegemon, Hellenistic, Herod, In Byzantine, INRI, Ioudaiōn, Jesus, Jews, Josephus
related to Modern Greece · 37
Basileus → After, Bavaria, Both, By, Byzantine, Convention, Danish, During, Elládos, Ellénon, For, God, Grace, Great Powers, Greece, Greek, Greeks, Hellenes, House, In
related to Romans and Byzantines · 25
Basileus → Although, Autokratōr, Axum, By, Byzantine, Caesar Augustus, Consequently, East, Emperor, Greek, Greek-speaking Eastern Mediterranean, Hellenistic, Imperator, Instead, Kaisar Augoustos, Kaisar Sebastos, King, Latin, Nevertheless, Roman Emperor
related to Original senses encountered on clay tablets · 11
Basileus → BCE, Greek, Here, Latin, Linear, Michael Ventris, Mycenaean, Old Persian, PIE, Similarly, The
related to Pseudo-Archytas' definition · 11
Basileus → According, Agamben, Archytas's, Carl Schmitt's, Führerprinzip, He, On, Pseudo-Archytas, Sovereign, Sovereigns, The
see also · 6
Basileus → Ancient Greece, Anthesteria, AuctoritasImperiumSovereigntyBasilica, Comparable, Dionysus, Empire
Language · 1
Basileus → Greek
Meaning · 1
Basileus → King, Emperor, Monarch

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king greek title emperor roman kings term used byzantine greece also meaning empire romans imperial ancient century latin rulers wanax

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BasileusMeaningKing, Emperor, Monarch1.00infobox
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BasileusRegion of originAncient Greece1.00infobox
BasileusRomanizationbasileus1.00infobox
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Ernst Steininstance ofThe adoption of the new imperial formula has been traditionally interpreted by scholars0.80text

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