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Do you consider the Byzantine monarchy as the successor of the Roman monarchy?
Hi,
Yes indeed, so many of them met a grisly end - "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" - so apt....
And it seems, the Ottoman Empire continued to practice this tradition, as many Sultans met a brutal ending too!!!
Larry
Do you consider the Byzantine monarchy as the successor of the Roman monarchy?
List of Byzantine emperors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors
Emperor Theodosius I reigned 379 to 395.
Bishop Ambrose rebuked Emperor Theodosius I for atrocities in Thesalonica.
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bishop-ambrose-rebukes-emperor-theodosius-i-17605495.html