While at New College he wrote his two-volume Medieval Empire (1898), a study of the Holy Roman Empire influenced by the legal historian F.W. Maitland.
The history of the period is complex: the Roman empire influenced every part of Scotland during the period, however the occupation was neither complete nor continuous.
For example, in the Georgian manuscripts of the Byzantine era, when the styles of the Byzantine Empire influenced Kingdom of Georgia, capitals were illuminated with images of birds and other animals.
Bond came on to the scene just as Britain's empire and influence was on the wane.
Most importantly, it's a reminder of the lengths to which Murdoch and News International have gone to get their way to extend their empire and influence, brooking no opposition from either workers or politicians".
North African cuisines, such as those of Morocco and Egypt, also expertly combine meat and poultry with apricots, plums, pistachios and almonds (and lots of saffron) in their slow-cooked tagines, another sign of the Persian Empire's influence.
Almost two decades after the soft-spoken but hard-driving Mr. Feldstein ended a fractious stint in the Reagan administration, he has built an empire of influence that is probably unmatched in his field.
Politico recently ran a piece checking in on Glenn Beck's post-Fox News career and came away with a headline that even a non-conspiracy theorist might find suspiciously dismissive: Glenn Beck's empire, not influence, grows.
Mr Abramoff charged various Indian tribes innocent in the ways of Washington but newly enriched by casinos around $80m in lobbying expenses and used his ill-gotten gains to build an empire of influence.
At a time when Europe was emerging from regional isolation and enjoying greater stability than it had since the fall of the Roman Empire, the influence of the Cosmati spread across the continent as far as Westminster Abbey, where a characteristically durable example of their handiwork still excites wonder.
