Theyre probably forgetting the part of roman history where, after making their version of a legislature a rubber stamp, being a roman emperor became the most hazardous occupation possible. On average, if you managed to stay in the role without getting assassinated by your successor for a year then that was considered a pretty good run
Why would the Roman Senate allow their emperors to do the same?
Short sighted personal interests, mostly.
They did sort of deal with that problem though. Almost.
Good initial effort, weak follow through
Theyre probably forgetting the part of roman history where, after making their version of a legislature a rubber stamp, being a roman emperor became the most hazardous occupation possible. On average, if you managed to stay in the role without getting assassinated by your successor for a year then that was considered a pretty good run
I just don’t count other people killing them so they can be the emperor instead