He is a Czar pure and simple.

Putin will be czar no matter what office is formally his own.

Since the head of state was the Czar of Russia, it was not clear who the chief executive of Finland was after the revolution.

The Czar of the French

The nineteenth century czar Alexander III once said Russia has only two true allies its army and its navy.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

For those who still wondered who Vladimir Putin is, the mystery is over. His actions this week show that he is Russia s new autocrat.

Caesar, Julius, Commentarii de Bello Gallico .

He was the first tsar to import foreign teachers on a large scale, the first to send young Russians abroad to be educated, and the first to allow Lutheran churches to be built in Russia.

They also view Russia in terms of a tradition whereby every new tsar partly repudiates the legacy of his predecessor, creating a political thaw at the beginning of a new reign.

These people were honored by Caesar as citizens of Rome.

In Bulgaria, Simeon took the title of tsar in 913.

Caesar of Pentra, from Iraq, visits Ad Dora Bazaar in Baghdad.

All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar's household.

All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.

Julius Caesar wrote a play on Oedipus, but it has not survived into modern times.

Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

History has witnessed many who have proclaimed that they came to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

During the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia, the four Estates of occupied Finland were assembled at the Diet of Porvoo on 29 March 1809 to pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia who in return guaranteed that the laws and liberties as well as religion would be left unchanged.

Theodore Roosevelt, as some may know, won the Nobel Peace Prize because he was, together with the Tsar of Russia, an initiator of the first disarmament negotiations modern Europe knew. That was on naval power, naval power being considered the biggest threat to peace at the time.

Putin has finally proved that he is capable of exploits that no czar could accomplish.

Once again, all the formulas for Western type democracy depend on the will of an enlightened and benevolent czar.

In 49 BC, it was the location where Julius Caesar gathered his forces before crossing the Rubicon.

whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!

Whom Jason hath received and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

For many years at the cusp of the new century, India s richest man (the information technology czar Azim Premji) was a Muslim.

Servilia is loosely based on the historical personage of Servilia Caepionis, mother of Marcus Junius Brutus, and famous lover of Julius Caesar.

They cried out, Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!

Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.

But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priest answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

Saying, Fear not, Paul thou must be brought before Caesar and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

It appears also as a fortress of importance in the Civil War, though it resisted Caesar's attack for a week (49 BC).

The real Marcus Junius Brutus was the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, and one of the key figures in the civil wars that followed the assassination.

Only when Rodman s superiors cancel his experiments and he takes home Caesar, an infant chimpanzee, does the scientist begin to care about others.

He became known as The Peasants Tsar, though he didn t tolerate any opposition thinking contrary to his own.

Why make such a public and staged announcement? After all, in Putin s Russia, the latter day czar can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

But Paul said, I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

Unlike most banknotes and coins, there is no picture of the state or its symbols no Caesar on the money managed by the European Central Bank.