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nounlarge richly colored butterfly
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nounlarge moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
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nounred table grape of Californiatype of:
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nounthe male ruler of an empiretype of:
Definition that contains emperor
- titus Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81)
- constantine Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
- aurelius Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
- hirohito emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989)
- nerva Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98)
- vespasian Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79)
- marcus aurelius antoninus Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
- flavius valerius constantinus Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
- mutsuhito emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912)
- francis joseph i emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)