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In 811 the severely incapacitated (and dying) Emperor Staurakios was struggling with the nobility and his kinsmen to appoint his wife Theophano as his heir, while nobles and his immediate family supported Michael Rangaves as Emperor...
Staurakios then threatened them that if they wouldnt accpet Theophano as Empress regnant he would abolish the old Augustus's law "Lex de Imperio" and the Empire would be reverted to a Republic... However Michael's supporters acted faster and they forced him to abdicate before materialising his threat...
WI he reverted the Empire to a Republic? How much time would this "restored Roman Republic" survive? And if the Republic fell to a new "Emperor" Lex de Imperio would be revived or a new "constitutional law" would be drafted?
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