The emperor himself lead the army up to the banks of the Godavari river.
The emperor would lead a procession from the palace to the altar here to perform the annual rites and sacrifices to heaven.
In 1030, the emperor led his armies against Hungary, but Stephen's troops forced them to retreat.
The new emperor himself led 20,000 troops in his attack against Gaoxu.
By established practice, Byzantine emperors did not personally lead troops into battle.
Governors, generals and emperors led the holy rites at temples.
The emperor does not care about these things, but instead personally leads the army against Goguryeo.
After that date, emperors led armies, and therefore deployed the Praetorians on campaign, much more frequently.
That's because the French emperor led the way in giving ideologue a bad name.
The emperor then led his men across a bog in order to engage Kniva's reserve force, which guarded the barbarians' booty.