DUDE ROME SHOULD BE A REPUBLIC AGAIN BUT ONLY AFTER IM DONE BEING EMPEROR LOL
DUDE ROME SHOULD BE A REPUBLIC AGAIN BUT ONLY AFTER IM DONE BEING EMPEROR LOL
Jack Green
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Isaac Lee
He didn't have any suitable heirs. It was the only safe option
Gabriel Wood
Yes, yes, well done, Commodus. Well done, Commodus....
.....HOWEVER
Ayden Morales
Rome never stopped being a republic officially Augustus just stuck his massive dick down the senates throat and they went with it. If this dude really wanted al he had to do was give power back to the senate
Luke Wilson
He more or less admitted to be a shitty father and emperor.
Zachary Evans
problem with being emperor is you can never really let go of the reins cause they'll just kill off your whole family so they can't try and push to become emperor again. That was really his biggest concern with not letting commodus take over.
Nolan Sanchez
zoom zoom zoom
Jonathan Barnes
>get to live and die as an emperor
>last thing you do is set the pieces to bring back the republic
>everyone praises and remembers you as one of rome's greatest leaders
that's some 8d chess right there
Lincoln Taylor
>Emperor about to be killed
>threat of Republic quite large with it getting into motion imminently
>cushy praetorian job about to end
>Emperor gives you freedom to pass him a sword and a fighting chance at defeating Maximus
>do nothing
was Quantas waiting for another loyalty bonus again??? why didn't he react?
Anthony Sullivan
This is what stoicism gets you. Quite literally the picture of the dog in the burning building.
Grayson Martin
Was the Praetorian Guard history's biggest mistake?
Carter Hill
death by praetorian guard was actually one of the top reasons for an emperor's demise
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Landon Barnes
he actually did. In, I think, 27. They begged him to reverse his decision. based.
Xavier Cruz
The Janissaries were. Repeating the same mistake is always worse.
Anthony Rivera
>death by praetorian guard was actually one of the top reasons for an emperor's demise
yes because they wanted another bonus. my point is on a republic returning would mean the end of the praetorian guard. why would you sit back and let your job end?
Owen Richardson
>my point is on a republic returning would mean the end of the praetorian guard.
Would it though? Would be pretty easy for them to step into the role that Lictors used to have as a kind of consular bodyguard.
Elijah Gomez
>lictors
>armed with sticks and have no history of murdering those they were sworn to protect
>praetorian guard
>armed and battle seasoned men who spend their free time sharpening their swords and devising new ways to murder those they're sworn to protect
Would you want them protecting you as Consul m8?
Cooper Cox
Kind of pointless murdering a consul who's only going to serve a 12 month term, especially since you could just wait him out.
Liam Wilson
>be born rich and powerful
>lol just be stoic like me bro don't mind the hardships in life, it doesn't matter
Jackson Gray
You tellin' stories about the Queen again!?
Tyler Adams
Ethan Wilson
Not possible. Diocletian did this and they abducted parts of his family and a series of civil wars broke out. His Co-Augustus Maximian that stood down with him at the same time dove back in to the fray because the Empire was being torn apart. But the short period of time he was gone effectively stripped him of all power. There was various Emperors who tinkered with trying to devolve central power but it ALWAYS blew up in their face. It isn't until the Western half fell and the central authority was housed in an unconquerable fortress city like Constantinople did some semblance of order start arising. But even in the Byzantine period there was large swaths of time, sometimes decades long, where the only descriptor available to pin to it is "Anarchy." But the problem with the Byzantine period is that it spends LITERALLY CENTURIES as the front line of the Jihad with half of Anatolia being under nonstop raids every campaign season.