imperium

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In Poland — a nation held captive in the totalitarian Soviet imperium for decades before leading the struggle to break those chains and rejoin Europe — ideas of heroism and sacrifice endured.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

If nations are to save us from the imperium, one would expect them to operate differently from the nations of today.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Born into the stifling oppression of the Soviet imperium, Christo — whose full name was Christo Vladimirov Javacheff — always had one core guiding idea: the inalienability of freedom.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

When Rome faced a major crisis, the Centuriate Assembly could vote to appoint a dictator, a single man vested with the full power of imperium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Dictatorially extending Andean verticality, the imperium shuttled people and materiel in and out of every Andean crevice.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann