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“Rome... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.”
-Gore Vidal

I stumbled across this quote and i wondered what would have been like it the guard did use an actor and ruled instead? would it change much if the guards from deferent centuries preformed this deed? and also would this shorten, lengthen the fall of the roman empire or would it remain look as is it does in the OTL?
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