maybe someday I should move the nearly irreplaceable computing artifact from the place where every single cat I've ever had tries their hardest to knock it down
It's interesting to see how Rome's first Emperor, Gaius Octavian Ceaser Augustus (yes that's one name lol), legally justified his power. he didn't come out and say "hi I'm Rome's first emperor". He used already existing political and constitutional vehicles to knit together complete autocracy out of republic democracy
He was "elected" Tribune for Life (the tribunate of the plebs was an elected office of ten created to protect the working class from nobility and gave him the ability to join the Senate and propose/veto legislation)
And assigned proconsul to the seven specific territories where troops were stationed (making him the head magistrate of the border provinces and bringing the military under his direct control
With at-large proconsular authority (so whatever provence he was in fell under his imperium while he was there)
It's much how the US will bend and stretch already existing tools and precedent in order to accomplish things that the people making those tools could never have imagined. it's really fascinating to see that same kind of legalistic "oh but how can we make this work" happening thousands of years ago to justify an Emperor
Because yeah, you put all that together and you have Emperor in all but name. But men could still serve as Consul every year, the Senate still met and voted (the way he singled they should vote, but he signaled not commanded), and he had himself called simply Princeps, First Citizen.
People rioted. Not because he had seized complete control but because he had not gone far enough, they rioted calling on him to declare himself king, but he saw what happened to his adopted father and uh didn't do that haha
It's so interesting!
Been using Niagra for about a year now, really enjoy it
i love niagara launcher and i love subaru so i approve the above, and furthermore... i could probably remove the play store from my front page huh. (the wallpaper is tapet, an app that randomly generates bowling alley carpet tier wallpapers. i'm a big fan)