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basileus
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n.1.a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire.
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Noun1.basileus - a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
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Living in small villages (the use of the word, Polis, was appropriate for city-states some centuries later), people in each settlement "were headed by a group of influential males" known as basileis (singular, basileus), a kind of chief whose "position of dominance was tenuous and limited," based on his "personal leadership capacity rather than hereditary status" (32-33).
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