The term  authoritarian regime  denotes a state in which the single power holder â an individual  dictator , a committee or a junta or an otherwise small group of political elite â monopolizes political power.
Napoleon height and weight. How tall was Napoleon? Napoleonâs height was between 5ft 6.5in-5ft 7in (169-170 cm). Napoleonâs height was 5ft 2 French inches according to Antommarchi at Napoleonâs autopsy and British sources put his height at 5 foot and 7 British inches: both equivalent to 170 cm. Napoleon surrounded himself with tall bodyguards and had a nickname of âle petit caporalâ which was an affectionate term that reflected his reported camaraderie with his soldiers rather than his height.
The French inch was actually longer than the British inch, leading to any height appearing shorter to the English speaking world. In 1802 a doctor called Corvisart said Napoleon was 5 foot 2 inches by the French measurement, which equates to about 5 foot 6 in British. Intriguingly, in the same statement Corvisart said that Napoleon was of short stature, so it may be that people already assumed Napoleon was small by 1802, or that people assumed the average Frenchmen was much taller.