Politics

Coronation as co-emperor of Michael Rangabe.

Republic

The emperor is elected by the army & voted in by the senate, & thus hailed as Augustus. The emperor would appoint his hier as co-emperor, so this is only really done when there is no emperor, or when someone seeks to usurp imperial power.

The emperor is the living law (nómos émpsychos) & penultimate benefactor (euergétis), caretaker (philanthrōpía), & savior (sōtḗr) of his subjects (párœcos). The entire state & all that which is found in it is his household (œcuménē), & he is the house-lawmaker (œconómos). His subjects are able to own land or industry, trade, & otherwise do anything else in the empire by virtue of their emperor’s authority. So it is impossible to, e.g., bribe him, because he owns all of the currency—bearing either his name & face, or that of his father—which he can then take it at will.

The senate is seated by some thousand members, all of which are dignitaries &/or administrators. To be in the senate is to be, & have one’s relatives by extension be, noble—i.e. not plebian.

The empire is composed of dioceses (diœ́cēsis), which in turn are composed of provinces (eparchía, or théma). Provinces are jurisdictions of & around cities, ruled by the govenor. The prefect, or duke, or captain, then rules over the govenors. Of course, the emperor rules over the prefects.

Many western states, such as Russia, were originally structured not unlike a lesser Roman principality, & so their princes or kings were never elected but rather, like the senate, followed the order & precedence of the noble houses.

Dynasties

This list begins with St. Constantine & his dynasty, but it should be understood that his predecessor, Augustus, succeeded Cæsar, who in turn succeeded the Greek Alexander, who in turn succeeded the Persian Cyrus, who succeeded the Assyrian Nabuchodonosor, who conquered Ægypt, & succeeded the first antediluvian king, Nebrod. All of the dynasties for those, in order, will be added later.

It needs be said here: According to Christians, Nebrod—who founded Babylon, Chaldæa, Accad, &c.—refused to take part in the building of the tower of Babel, & so fled westward to Syria, where he then founded Assyria & a number of other cities.

Roman

St. Emperor Constantine the Great.
Constantius & Jovian.
Valentinian the Great, Valens, Gratian, & Valentinian
St. Theodosius the Younger.
Theodosius the Great, Arcadius, Honorius, St. Pulcheria, & St. Marcian
St. Leo the Great, Leo the Younger, Zeno, Basiliscus, & Anastasius Dicorus.
SS. Justinian the Great & Theodora.
Justin the Thracian, Justin, Tiberius Constantine, Maurice, Theodosius (son of Maurice), & Phocas.
St. Constantine the New & Justinian the Slit-nosed.
Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, Heraclonas, Constans the Bearded, Leontius, Tiberius Apsimar, Philippicus Bardanes, Anastasius, & Theodosius
Irene of Athens.
Leo the Syrian, Constantine Copronymus, Leo the Chazar, & Constantine the Blinded.
Nicephorus the Logothete, Stavracius, Michael Rangabe, & Leo the Armenian.
St. Theodora the Restorer of Orthodoxy & Theophilus.
Michael the Stammerer & Michael the Drunkard.
Leo the Wise & St. Theophano.
Alexander & Constantine Monomachus.
Basil the Macedonian, Romanus Lecapenus, Christopher Lecapenus, Constantine Lecapenus, Stephen Lecapenus, Constantine the Purple-born, Romanus II, Nicephorus Phocas, John Tzimisces, Basil the Bulgar-slayer, Constantine VIII, Zoë the Purple-born, Romanus Argyrus, Michael the Paphlagonian, Michael the Caulker, Theodora the Purpleborn, Michael Bringas the General, & Isaac Comnenus.
Constantine Ducas, Michael Ducas & Romanus Diogenes.
Eudocia Macrembolitissa & Nicephorus Botaniates.
Manuel Comnenus the Great & Maria of Antioch, & John Comnenus the Good.
Alexius I Comnenus, Alexius II Comnenus, & Adronicus Comnenus.
Isaac Angelus, Alexius III Angelus, Alexius IV Angelus, & Alexius Angelus Murtzuphlus.
St. John Ducas Batatzes.
Theodore I Lascaris, Theodore II Lascaris, & John Lascaris.
John Cantacuzenus (Josaphat in monasticism), Ninth Œcumenical Council.
Michael Palæologus, Andronicus Palæologus the Elder, Andronicus Palæologus the Younger, John V Palæologus, John VI Palæologus, Manuel Palæologus, Andronicus IV Palæologus, John VIII Palæologus, & Constantine Dragases Palæologus.
St. Demetrius of Uglich.
Ivan the Great, Basil III (Barlaam in monasticism), Ivan the Terrible, Feodor the Blessed, Boris Godunov (Bogolep in monasticism), Basil Šuisky.
St. Nicholas Romanov the Passion-bearer.
Peter I Romanov.
Michael Romanov & Alexis Romanov.

Only the gentiles remember Julian the Apostate (5872 AM) as an emperor. Christians omit his name.

It needs be mentioned that Ivan the Terrible was not the first of Moscow to take the name emperor (Slavic: tsar), but only the first explicitly crowned so. Ivan the Great took the name emperor when he married Sophia Palæologue—daughter of Thomas Palæologus, brother of Constantine Dragases Palæologus. A prior prince of Moscow, St. Vladimir the Great, married Anna, daughter of Romanus II. Thus, according to Christians, Moscow is the rightful heir to the mantle (chlamýs) of St. Constantine. This is symbolized via the crown of Monomakh’, which was gifted to St. Vladimir Monomakh’ by Consantine Monomachus when the former married a relative of the latter. It was Basil III who was told “Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. And there will not be a fourth. No one will replace your Christian Empire!” by Philotheus of Pskov (†7051 AM).

I should add, the last place the Palæologan state ruled after the fall of Constantinople was a principality in Mangup, Taurica (now called Chrimea)—then called Theodoro & Gotthia. It was a remnant of the despotate of Trapezunt, which in turn was under a branch of the Comnenian dynasty. The last ruler of Trapezunt was St. David Comnenus (†6972 AM). The last ruler of Theodoro was an Alexander Palæologus, son of an Isaac Palæologus (†6984 AM).

Money

Slavic British Roman Greek Persian
Kopeck = 1 kopeck Penny = 1 penny Nummus = 1 nummus Drachma = 1 drachma —————
—————— Shilling = 12 pence Follis = 40 nummi Mina = 100 drachmæ Siglus = 1 siglus
Ruble = 100 kopecks Sterling = 20 shillings Solidus = 420 folles Talent = 60 minæ Daric = 20 sigli

Silver coins were fist minted by Allyattes, king of Lydia. Gold coins were first minted by Cyrus, king of Persia, when he conquered Lydia.

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