Maharaja ring masa Bizantium sering pisan nganggén tutur Yunani "autokrator", sané mawasta "mréntah angga sarira", utawi "Monarki", sané saking dumun kaanggén ring pangawi Yunani anggén nyenggguh diktator Latin.
Byzantine period emperors also used the Greek word "autokrator", meaning "one who rules himself", or "monarch", which was traditionally used by Greek writers to translate the Latin dictator.