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oapen-20.500.12657-517012021-12-08T02:48:11Z Der Kaiser und Konstantinopel Pfeilschifter, Rene Emperor Roman Empire Late Antiquity Byzantine Empire Political System bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLC Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500::HBLC1 Medieval history 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. 2021-12-07T16:15:51Z 2021-12-07T16:15:51Z 2013 book ONIX_20211207_9783110266887_56 1862-1139 9783110266887 9783110265903 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51701 ger Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9783110266887.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110266887/html De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110266887 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. 10.1515/9783110266887 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 9783110266887 9783110265903 44 722 Berlin/Boston open access
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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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