An emperor might also adopt a major deity as his personal patron or tutelary, as Augustus did Apollo.

Every emperor of Rome adopted his name, Caesar Augustus, which gradually lost its character as a name and eventually became a title.

Following Constantine's deathbed conversion in 337 all emperors adopted Christianity, except for Julian the Apostate who, during his brief reign, attempted unsuccessfully to re-instate paganism.

At the time he appears to have believed that the new emperor, Michael II (r. 820-829), would adopt a pro-icons policy, and he expressed this hope in two letters to Michael.

The emperor also adopted Adélina's daughter, Olive, in 1850.

Von Schmerling took to rewriting the October Diploma, and in February 1861, the emperor adopted the February Patent.

The emperor never adopted ideas, common during the era, espousing racial inequality.

Legalism remained influential until the emperors of the Han Dynasty adopted Daoism and later Confucianism as official doctrine.

The new emperor soon adopted Indian ways of waging war: from war Elephants to the Bagh Nakh, or "tiger claw".

The childless emperor adopted Zheng's eldest son and granted him the imperial surname.