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How did a Late Roman emperor stay on the throne? His position was always precarious, and in contrast to a modern hereditary monarch he could always lose power or even his life to a usurper. The Eastern emperors resided in Constantinople from 395 to 624 without a break. This book shows how they sought the support of the army, the populace, the clergy and the capital`s elite, how they gained it, and how they sometimes lost it. The result is a new picture of the socio-political system of Constantinople and of the Late Roman Empire in general.
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Keywords
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Byzantine Empire
- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
- emperor
- History
- History: earliest times to present day
- Humanities
- Late Antiquity
- Medieval history
- Political System
- Roman Empire
- thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
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DOI: 10.1515/9783110266887Editions