King or king?

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I'm at a point where I'm second thinking myself...

Let's say your talking about a king, would it be written like this?

Roman King
or
Roman king

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The "King" (in capital) gives reference to the supreme King.
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In the UK educational system one is taught that specific kings are capitalized as proper nouns "The King". Referring to an unspecified member of a generic group, "king" is not capitalized. Similarly, in referring to a specific author the term "Author" should be used.
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