Yeah, it still doesn’t read as a straight monarchy, exactly, which is a one part of why I think it’s cool. My impression is that it got there eventually in the Byzantine period. Is that correct?
Yeah, they outright began using the term ‘basileus’ and even the dreaded Latin ‘rex’, with emphasis on Emperors who were biological children of the previous Emperors.
Still a lot of civil wars and coups though. No amount of monarchy can erase THAT particular Roman tradition.
Yeah, it still doesn’t read as a straight monarchy, exactly, which is a one part of why I think it’s cool. My impression is that it got there eventually in the Byzantine period. Is that correct?
Yeah, they outright began using the term ‘basileus’ and even the dreaded Latin ‘rex’, with emphasis on Emperors who were biological children of the previous Emperors.
Still a lot of civil wars and coups though. No amount of monarchy can erase THAT particular Roman tradition.
I think all of agricultural humanity has to own that one collectively. Not that one family which reigns unopposed forever would be better.