esc@piefed.social@piefed.social 1 month ago
Earlier emperors needed a lot of ceremony about actually wielding power as first citizens of republic didn’t they?
esc@piefed.social@piefed.social 1 month ago
Earlier emperors needed a lot of ceremony about actually wielding power as first citizens of republic didn’t they?
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
That was just Augustus and maybe Tiberius. Caligula was just voted emperor by the Senate, no “first citizen” fiction needed.
esc@piefed.social@piefed.social 1 month ago
Yeah, but being voted emperor is a weird ceremony as well, no?