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Would it be plausible for Rome to survive if it was divided into 'sub governments' underneath the Imperial one? This could rapidly destroy Rome if these 'sub governments' decide they can take care of themselves and Rome breaks up into different countries, but if the Emporer can command the 'sub governments' loyalty (or at least obedience) then could it possibly maintain itself? If I have too I can butterfly away the German's little coalition with some well placed assassins, but I'd prefer to have them around to conquer all at once. I'm just not very informed of the effectiveness of government types and have no idea if this will make the Empire more manageable or just give too many people too much power and then break away, collapsing the Empire.

I plan on the main POD being Emporer/General Dio-...cletius? I'll google it after this. Anyway, I'll have him get the idea to set up the sub-governments instead of splitting the Empire in two. I'm trying to think of it as the HRE, except the various nations would be 'mega provinces' in charge of the little provinces in their domain and answering to the Emporer.
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