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Darth_Kahuna t1_iw2gpfp wrote

Who was the first Roman Emperor to openly accept the position and project his authority in title, etc. and do away w the pretext of Roman Republicanism?

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jezreelite t1_iw2i8a5 wrote

Diocletian. His reforms after the Crisis of the Third Century did away entirely with the pretense of Republicanism.

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