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A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. [1] [2] In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own. [3]
The following is a list of usurpers in the Roman Empire.For an overview of the problem and consequences of usurpation, see Roman usurpers.In the Eastern Roman Empire (395–1453), rebellion and usurpation were so notoriously frequent (in the vision of the medieval West, where usurpation was rare) that the modern term "byzantine" became a byword for political intrigue and conspiracy.
Köstenberger concluded that teaching has a positive meaning in such passages as 1 Timothy 4:12, [87] 6:2, [88] and 2:2. [89] The force of the ouk ... oude construction therefore would mean that authenteo likewise has a positive meaning, and does not refer to domineering but the positive exercise of authority.
Nobody knows where it came from. Allowing the President to invoke the Act and declare martial law where public order breaks down as a result of natural disaster, epidemic, terrorist attack, is very ambiguous and gives him broad authority potentially to usurp the role of the Governors". [citation needed]
During the Fifth Lateran Council, in the 10th session (in the year 1515), the Council for the first time [citation needed] gave a definition of usury: For, that is the real meaning of usury: when, from its use, a thing which produces nothing is applied to the acquiring of gain and profit without any work, any expense or any risk. [47]
Thereafter, the nine bestowments became typically a sign of a powerful official showing off his complete control of the emperor and establishing his intent to usurp the throne. For the rest of Chinese history, it became rare for a usurpation to happen without the nine bestowments having been given sometime before.
Bombus rupestris, a cuckoo bumblebee, killed by members of the Bombus lapidarius nest it was trying to usurp (image includes red-tailed Bombus lapidarius workers who died defending their nest) Nest usurpation is when the queen of one species of eusocial insects takes over the colony of another species.
John V retook the throne in 1379 but reached an agreement with Andronikos in 1381, wherein Andronikos was to succeed him as emperor, passing over Manuel. Andronikos died in 1385 and his son, John VII Palaiologos briefly managed to usurp the throne in 1390. Following this, Manuel II was firmly established as John V's successor, becoming senior ...