03-30-2016, 03:20 PM
(03-30-2016, 01:46 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: You know the Theodosian Code states exactly how the Emperor was address. We also have surviving sets of "minutes" from the imperial senate, including one where Aetius himself presided over the reception of the Theodosian Code in the West.
Thank you. But does that code only cover the later Empire? I was hoping to find out how the emperors of the Principate were addressed, before everything became kind of formalised (specifically, if it helps, the emperors of the early Third Century - Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus etc. I know the Third Century was a time of great change, but would these emperors have adhered to the earlier Principate system, or perhaps have begun the move towards the more formalised, militaristic address of the later emperors I wonder).
(03-30-2016, 01:46 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: IIRC in the Theodosian Code it stated that some of the phrases to be said before the emperor would be repeated like 35 and 50 times.
Wowsers! And I thought my meetings in work were repetitive!
(03-30-2016, 01:46 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: They may have skipped some of the formalities though. Lol.
I'm not sure who would be more grateful for that; the emperor or the person addressing him!
David Hobday
