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**Sttim** · 02-05-2007, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by Dauphin
Which time period.

It certainly had a hereditary period, it just tended not to be based on genetics. It seems in general that the Dominate period (from Diocletian onwards) was more monarchical then the Principate (Octavian to the Severans), but generally the dynasties that emerged didn't last too long.

02-05-2007, 07:50 PM	#2
Sttim Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Originally posted by Dauphin Which time period. It certainly had a hereditary period, it just tended not to be based on genetics. It seems in general that the Dominate period (from Diocletian onwards) was more monarchical then the Principate (Octavian to the Severans), but generally the dynasties that emerged didn't last too long.
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