To be fair there was nothing unusual from the Roman perspective about there being 2 emperors. Even during the Byzantine period it was not particularly uncommon for heirs to be crowned as “co-emperors”. Despite effectively becoming a monarchy the empire retained some “republican” traits with the emperor reigning with the consent of God and the people of Rome.
To be fair there was nothing unusual from the Roman perspective about there being 2 emperors. Even during the Byzantine period it was not particularly uncommon for heirs to be crowned as “co-emperors”. Despite effectively becoming a monarchy the empire retained some “republican” traits with the emperor reigning with the consent of God and the people of Rome.