empire Copy link Outline 1. impĕrium2. regnum • empire: 1. impĕrium: the extension of the boundaries of our e., finium imp. nostri propagatio, Cic.: he shall extend his e. (sway), proferet imp., Virg. 2. regnum: v. kingdom.
EMPIRE Copy link • EMPIREimperium: principatus. ☞ Imperium is also “the realm subjected to an emperor’s command, ’ and figuratively “supreme control,” as imperium judiciorum tenere (Cic.). To succeed to the empire, summa imperii alicui defertur; aliquis ad principatum pervenit.