latintutorial | Imperium: The Root of Empire @latintutorial | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The emperor comes from imperator, which is a title of generals, magistrates, and others who wield imperium, the power to do their job. Imperium confers with it immunity from prosecution, but when it is taken away, like with Julius Caesar, disaster, or the Roman empire, can result.