1.Commander (a title conferred under the Republic on a victorious general and under the Empire on the emperor).
‘The Senate of ancient Rome, another republic with imperial entanglements, entrusted war-making to a commander-in-chief, the _imperator_ or emperor, whose office became all-powerful, hereditary, and its holder a living god.’
‘The Romans continued in the use of opium as a medicinal and as a poison, and according to Pliny the _imperator_ Nero was an ardent user of various plant poisons, including opium, to eliminate enemies.’
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‘The Senate of ancient Rome, another republic with imperial entanglements, entrusted war-making to a commander-in-chief, the _imperator_ or emperor, whose office became all-powerful, hereditary, and its holder a living god.’
