imperium
In ancient Rome, the legal and military power granted to certain magistrates, for example, consul, praetor, or dictator. The term also extends to command over a province (proconsul). Repeated grants of imperium, with the additional powers of a tribune, became the basis of the principate of Augustus and subsequent emperors. The term was also used for the rule of Rome over the Roman empire.
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