Re: Inherently Reflexive Verbs (was: mental masturbation)

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, FFlores wrote:
>
> > So, are they just symbolic figures? How much power does
> > the emperor really have? Does he delegate on ministers,
> > governors, etc.?
>
> No, not at all. They are just cultural fremdkorper in Charya.  Prior to
> the Charyan conquest of the Matraian empire, the Charyan emperor was
> a kind of caesar: a military leader first, and a political leader
> second. The succession was by appointment by the previous emperor.
Are you referring to a Caesar (the person) or a caesar (a late-Roman-
Empire governmental institution subordinate to the augustus, or
head-emperor)?

If you are referring to the former, C. Julius Caesar was first appointed
governor of Cis-Alpine Gaul, I think it was, which thus also put him in
charge of the military forces in that region.  The distinction between
political and military leadership in Roman society even during the Republic
had always been a fuzzy one at best.

If the latter, the caesars were both political and military in nature, because
by the time of Diocletian (when the institution was set up), any remnant of
the early Republican governmental structure was purely for show:  the military
was the government, and the government was the military (by means of the
emperor).

Perhaps the Roman analogy is only approximate, then? Which starts me
thinking:  for those who have concultures, what kind of governmental structures
do your cultures have, and what are their conlinguistic names?

(BTW, you gave a very interesting sociological description.)

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