Due to his debilitating woundthat he received in the disastrous battle of Pliska, Staurakios was unable to exercise actual authority as Emperor. As his condition worsened, the court was split between the factions of his wife Theophano and his sister Prokopia, who hoped that her husband Michael Rangabes would be chosen as the emperor's heir. As it became clear that Staurakios intended to designate Theophano as his successor (or else to abolish the empire and declare a republic), the supporters of Michael forced the emperor to abdicate on 2 October 811. Staurakios retired to a monastery where he died from the effects of his wound on 11 January 812. Michael Rangabe became emperor, as Michael I.
WI Staurakios and his wife's faction carried on with their threat and the Empire was abolished in favour of a Republic? Would this Republic survived or Byzantine Empire/Republic would be dissolved amongst civil war? What do u think? Discuss...
WI Staurakios and his wife's faction carried on with their threat and the Empire was abolished in favour of a Republic? Would this Republic survived or Byzantine Empire/Republic would be dissolved amongst civil war? What do u think? Discuss...