The existing reverence for Centrality must have been still further stimulated toward the close of the second century B.C., when the Han Emperor Wu Ti ordered the dynastic color changed to yellow -- which symbolized the Center among the traditional Five Directions -- and took 5 as the dynastic number, believing that he would thus place himself, his imperial family, and the nation under the most auspicious influences.

Emperor Wu consolidated and extended the Chinese empire by pushing back the Xiongnu into the steppes of modern Inner Mongolia, wresting from them the modern areas of Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai.

The dynasty continued to flourish under Empress Wu Zetian, the only empress regnant in Chinese history, and reached its zenith during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, who oversaw an empire that stretched from the Pacific to the Aral Sea with at least 50 million people.

Emperor Wu of Han ( r. 141 BC-87 BC ) went to war with the Dayuan for this reason, since the Dayuan were hording a massive amount of tall, strong, Central Asian bred horses in the Hellenized – Greek region of Fergana ( established slightly earlier by Alexander the Great ).

For more than two thousand years, since the time of Emperor Wu of Han, the month containing the winter solstice has almost always been the 11th month.

The Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty introduced reforms that have governed the Chinese calendar ever since.

As Confucianism became the preferred philosophy of later Chinese dynasties, starting from the Emperor Wu of Han, Mohism and other non-Confucian philosophical schools of thought were suppressed.

* 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China.

He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography for his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian, a " Jizhuanti "- style general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to Emperor Wu of Han.

His father, Sima Tan, served as the Prefect of the Grand Scribes of Emperor Wu of Han ( Emperor " Han Wudi ").

Emperor Wu of Han sent Zhang Qian to explore the west world and to discover other confederates against Xiongnu.

* Emperor Wu of Han, considered one of the greatest emperors throughout the History of China

* Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou

Emperor Emperor Wu of Liu Song | Wu Di ( 420 – 422 )

* Emperor Wu of Han (" Martial Emperor ") starts to rule.

* The Chinese under Emperor Wu of Han besiege and capture Kokand of Dayuan in the Hellenistic Ferghana Valley, during a 2 year war with the Yuezhi.

* Peasant revolts under Emperor Wu of Han.

Book of Sui reported that when Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei overthrew Juqu Mujian's Northern Liang on October 18, 439, Ashina's 500 families fled to the Rouran Khaganate.

* 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang ' an.

* Consort Liang, consort of Emperor Zhang of Han

* Empress Liang Na, wife of Emperor Shun of Han ( b. 116 )

* Empress Liang Nuying, wife of Emperor Huan of Han

* Emperor Jing of Liang

* In China, Emperor Xiaojing succeeds Emperor Xiaoming as ruler of the Nan Liang Dynasty.

* Emperor Ming of the Western Liang dynasty

* Emperor Wu Di of the Liang Dynasty becomes a Buddhist and introduces the new religion to central China.

* Emperor Ming of Western Liang

* Emperor Jing of Liang

* Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.

* Emperor Wu of Liang

* Emperor Jianwen of Liang

* Emperor Yuan of Liang

* Emperor Xuan of Western Liang

* July 2 – Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in at the same tomb complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband Emperor Gaozong ( d. 683 ) outside Chang ' an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.

* Zhu Zhen, Later Liang Dynasty Emperor of China

Afterward, Emperor Huan employed eunuchs to depose Liang Ji, who was then forced to commit suicide.

* Sun Liang, Emperor of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu ( b. 243 )

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Saint Ambrose and Emperor Theodosius by Anthony van Dyck | Van Dyck.

An Eastern Christianity | Eastern Christian Icon depicting Constantine I and Christianity | Emperor Constantine and the Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) as holding the Niceno – Constantinopolitan Creed of 381.

Palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, around which the Croatian city of Split ( city ) | Split emerged.

Emperor John II Komnenos | John II ( 1118 – 1143 ) is shown on the left, with the Mary, Mother of Jesus | Virgin Mary and infant Jesus in the centre, and John's consort Piroska of Hungary | Empress Irene on the right.

The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armor on horseback, painted by Giuseppe Castiglione ( 1688 – 1766 ) | Giuseppe Castiglione, dated 1739 or 1758.

Jaivana | Jaivan Cannon-World's largest Cannon on wheels, which was cast in India during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah by his Kiladar, Jai Singh II.

Icon depicting Constantine I and Christianity | Emperor Constantine ( center ) and the Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) as holding the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381

Upon the death of Domitian, Nerva was proclaimed Emperor by the Roman Senate | Senate.

Image: Edouard Manet 022. jpg | Execution of Emperor Maximilian, 1868

A statue in the Cathedral of Magdeburg that is often assumed to represent Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto and Edith

One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of Pope Pius VII ( who had blessed the regalia ), at the Notre Dame de Paris | Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The painting by Jacques-Louis David | David commemorating the event is equally famous: the gothic cathedral restyled Empire ( style ) | style Empire, supervised by the Letizia Ramolino | mother of the Emperor on the balcony ( a fictional addition, while she had not been present at the ceremony ), the pope positioned near the altar, Napoleon proceeds to crown his then wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais as Empress.

King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms | British Dominions, Emperor of India.

Official Tomb of Emperor Kaika at Nara, Nara | Nara.

Statue of the Prague Golem created for the film The Emperor and the Golem | Císařův pekař — Pekařův císař