Heraclonas, dressed in a purple robe, smiled and walked towards Hechao.
The emperor of the Dahua Empire, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, stood on the imperial steps and opened his hand to him.
The two hugged each other.
"When I heard in Constantinople that His Majesty had ascended the throne as emperor, I was overjoyed and couldn't wait to come to celebrate at once.
Congratulations, this is my belated congratulations. ” After parting, Herac bowed to Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao smiled and said, "Congratulations, Augustus."
The two laughed together.
Augustus, which is a title, derives from the title of Octavian, the first emperor of the Roman Empire.
At this time, this title is equivalent to the title of emperor.
Rome has always been the only empire in Europe, and the king of kings of Persia is also considered an emperor, but Persia is not considered Europe.
In the system of the Roman Empire, in fact, there was not only one emperor all along.
In the Central Plains, the Han people believe that there are no two days in the sky and no two masters for the people.
But with the Romans, that was not the case.
Octavian established the Roman Empire, bringing Rome from a republic to an empire, and later Octavian's title of Augustus also became the title of later Roman emperors, regarded as a synonym for emperor.
But Augustus has always been an honorary title, and the title that the Roman emperors really relied on to exercise power was the head of state.
The political system of the early Roman Empire was actually called the senate, and strictly speaking, the senatorial system was not supposed to be a real monarchy.
Therefore, the successive positions of the early Roman Empire should actually be called the head of state, not the emperor.
The establishment of the real monarchy of the Roman Empire should be in the era of Derrick before Constantine, Derrick first used the title of master, which is considered to have the characteristics of a monarchy, and Constantine went further, during his reign, the name of Rome changed from the Senate and the Roman people, referred to as the Roman Republic, which was used for 800 years, to the Roman Empire, which was very familiar to later generations.
Therefore, it can also be said that Constantine was the real founder of the Roman Empire.
However, the Romans had a tradition of holding the same office and holding multiple positions, so since the time of the Republic, there have actually been two consuls every year.
When it came to the empire, it was also quite a heavy task for the emperor to rule the huge empire, and out of the need for an heir, there was a situation in which multiple emperors ruled together.
Theoretically, the emperor was also elected by the Senate, so he had to raise his preferred heir before his death.
Diocletian was ruled by the four emperors.
Later, he divided the empire into different regions, and several emperors managed them separately, each in charge of a region, which was considered an innovation.
This innovation has indeed improved administrative efficiency a lot.
And this is also the reason why later generations like to call the division of Eastern and Western Rome, but this is only based on the habit of the Central Plains.
In fact, Eastern and Western Rome was not really divided, and there was not even any Eastern Roman Empire.
In fact, Rome has always been unified, but there are two emperors who divide the east and the west at the same time, and they have even had four emperors to rule together, so the two emperors of the east and west are nothing at all.
It's like some countries in later generations had two capitals.
In the Romans themselves, the emperors recognized each other's legitimacy and considered each other to be part of a unified Rome.
This is simply inconceivable in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, but in Rome, it is indeed true.
In later generations, many people called Eastern Rome the Byzantine Empire, but in fact, for more than 1,000 years of Eastern Roman inheritance, they have never called themselves Byzantine Empire, nor have they called themselves Byzantines, they have always ruled Rome.
During the period of Eastern and Western Rome, the Eastern and Western Emperors jointly issued a code of laws to pass through the entire empire.
There has never been such a country as the Western Roman Empire, nor has there been such a country as Byzantium.
About 200 years ago, after the barbarian leader Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor, he sent an envoy to the Eastern Roman court with the emperor's token to express his allegiance to the Eastern Emperor.
At the same time, it was stated that Rome only needed one emperor.
In fact, this was equivalent to returning the power of the western rule to the eastern emperor, and from then on Rome ended the division of the east and the west.
Of course, this is only on the surface, in fact the west has been divided by the barbarian kingdoms, who nominally recognize Rome as their suzerain, but in reality there is nothing left for the emperor to govern.
Therefore, before the barbarians destroyed Western Rome, Rome had always been a unified empire, but the east and the west were divided, not two countries, but two parts of a country, divided and ruled by two emperors, but still a unified empire.
The barbarians deposed the Western Emperor and divided Western Rome, and then expressed their recognition of Rome as their suzerain, but the Western West did not need another emperor in the future.
Thus Rome returned to an emperor, to a situation in which only the east was left in actual control.
The barbarians were nominally subservient to Rome, received Roman official positions, and were considered vassals of the Roman Empire.
There is no royal land in the whole world, and there is only one Rome in the world.
This is actually the Celestial Empire system in the Central Plains is similar, there is only one emperor in the East, that is, the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the surrounding barbarians submit to the Central Plains emperor and accept the canonization of the emperor, such as the king of Goguryeo, the king of Baekje, the king of Silla, the Khitan Khan, etc., there have also been repeated rebellions and invasion wars, but on the whole, this suzerainty system is relatively stable.
There is only one emperor.
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The second emperor of Europe in history was Charlemagne of the Frankish Empire.
Charlemagne, on the other hand, received the title of Emperor of Rome.
This title also has a relatively long history, when Eastern Rome was the sole reign of Empress Irina, and Rome had only one emperor.
Charlemagne helped to solve the Lombard invasion of Rome many times, so the Pope chose Charlemagne, a Roman nobleman, as the new Roman emperor.
Their logic is also fine.
Because in history, Rome has had many emperors reigning at the same time, and Rome has had several empresses.
At this time, there was only one empress in the empire, and the Franks did not recognize female rulers, and the Pope thought that Irina was a murderer, and her own legitimacy was somewhat lacking, so he set up another emperor.
This is not to replace the empress, but to establish a traditional multi-emperor co-rule.
It's just that the empress refused to admit Charlemagne because he was a barbarian, although Charlemagne was indeed a Roman nobleman and the ruler of Gaul.
But this is like having a Khitan king to be the emperor, of course the Central Plains refuses.
Charlemagne later offered to marry the empress, and historically, the empress's husband often had the title of Roman emperor, but the empress refused.
The Khitan Khan wanted to be the emperor, and he also wanted to increase his legitimacy by marrying the empress Wu Zetian, how could Wu Zetian dare, a barbarian also wanted to be the emperor, and he also wanted to marry the empress However, the empress was unlucky, and Charlemagne was not so lucky, and his envoy did not reach the Roman court, and as a result, the empress was overthrown.
The newly succeeded emperor had a long relationship with Charlemagne, and finally couldn't help each other, so he had to admit Charlemagne's legitimacy as the Frankish emperor, but refused to recognize him as the Roman emperor.
However, Charlemagne still always considered himself the orthodox of the Roman Empire, regarded himself as the Roman Emperor, and historically, the title and imperial title of the Holy Roman Emperor in Germany were handed down from Charlemagne.
This was the imperial rule of the HRE Empire, although they were never recognized by the Romans.
It is precisely because of this unique system and tradition that even after the Western Roman Emperor was deposed and Western Rome was gone, almost 200 years after the Western Roman Emperor was gone, the Eastern Rome still practiced the tradition of multi-emperor co-governance.
It's just that, after Western Rome, they no longer divided into divisions.
For example, today, the Eastern Romans call themselves Romans.
Heraclius' father, Heraclius, was the founder of a new dynasty, but they were still the Roman Empire, but Heraclius was the emperor, and then Heraclius was the emperor, but there were two emperors, one was the eldest son Constantine, and the other was the second son Herac.
Constantine became emperor before Herac, who had just received the title of Augustus and became co-emperor with the help of his mother.
Of course, although he is a co-emperor, he is definitely inferior to his father when it comes to power.
"Thanks to the last loan and ordnance order."
Emperor Herac, dressed in a purple robe, was grateful to Zhang Chao, he has been in charge of liaison with the Eastern Empire in recent years, allied with the Eastern Empire, guaranteed trade with them, and received loans, arms and even military support, which made Emperor Heraclius, who was now beaten very embarrassed by the Adiples, also refreshed.
In particular, the huge arms order brought back by the prince last year made the emperor extremely happy.
His mother was blowing the pillow wind beside him, so Heraclius finally gave Herac the title of Augustus and gave him a purple robe.
In the Roman Empire, the purple robe was extremely noble, and only the emperor could wear it, which was the same level as the Ming and Huang dragon robes in the Central Plains.
After becoming Augustus, Herac was not idle, and immediately rushed to the Central Plains again.
Because he heard that his old friend Zhang Chao actually became the new emperor of the East and established a new empire.
He hopes to meet Zhang Chao sooner, renew his friendship with Zhang Chao, and establish more alliances and cooperation.
"The Arabs have been on the offensive so hard lately, and their offensive against Armenia has made it impossible for us and the combined forces of the Khazars to withstand it.
We desperately need the support of His Majesty the Emperor."
"Dear Augustus, what kind of support do you need?"
"Ordnance, a lot of ordnance, and battleships, we need more warships, we need artillery" "It would be better if His Majesty the Emperor could send a fleet into the Mediterranean to support us.
If His Majesty the Emperor were to send troops south from the north of the Arabs, it would also be of great help to us. ” Zhang Chao smiled.
The Romans wanted arms, warships, and even Dahua to directly intervene in the war, which was quite good.
"Honorable Augustus, if you want to come here, you should also know that the Dahua Empire also has many enemies, and it is currently being fought in many places.
Dahua was not in a position to send an expeditionary fleet deep into the Mediterranean, or to send troops against the Arabs in the middle of the river or in the direction of Bactria for the time being. ” Herac's face was full of disappointment.
"Still."
Zhang Chao changed his words.
Herac perked up and looked at Zhang Chao, full of expectation.
"I am an old friend with Augustus, and I also have excellent trade relations with the Romans in the Central Plains, and Dahua inherited the Tang Dynasty, so we are willing to abide by the agreement of the Three Emperors and continue our alliance."
"We can't get out of the army, but we can support the Roman brothers with ships, armor, weapons, etc."
"The price is negotiable."
Herac smiled helplessly, he also knew that it would not be gratuitous assistance, "You can take out a loan" "Of course."
Zhang Chao agreed with a smile. t1706231537: