tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7515112586507378512..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: Job Insecurity.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72405657685138107892008-01-16T21:17:00.000-05:002008-01-16T21:17:00.000-05:00Right, Tam, but all too often all three of those c...Right, Tam, but all too often all three of those conditions would be satisfied at the same time. Sometimes by more than one applicant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14076001868033386992008-01-15T22:19:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:19:00.000-05:00As best I can tell, there were three recognized cu...As best I can tell, there were three recognized customary processes for transferring power:<BR/><BR/>1) Being a child, by blood or adoption, of the current HMFWAIC.<BR/><BR/>2) Command of one of the large border garrisons. Preferably the Rhine legions, although Syria would do in a pinch.<BR/><BR/>3) Paying the Praetorians for a lightly used, slightly bloodstained crown.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44717017689216002772008-01-15T21:56:00.000-05:002008-01-15T21:56:00.000-05:00Well, that year ended with Vespasian so on balance...Well, that year ended with Vespasian so on balance it was good. Yeah, it demonstrated that all one needed to be Emperor was support from enough troops, but that had been the case going back to Julius and eventually everyone would have figured it out anyway.<BR/><BR/>What always amazes me is how the Empire lasted so long without any constitutional, or even recognized customary process for a transfer of power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45952750976263261712008-01-15T15:20:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:20:00.000-05:00Wide spot or 'grease spot' ? I tend to lean towar...Wide spot or 'grease spot' ? I tend to lean toward the latter myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88336059391126959072008-01-15T09:18:00.000-05:002008-01-15T09:18:00.000-05:00*polite applause**polite applause*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com