I would go as far as to claim that the Roman Empire was NOT a monarchy at all, or at least it wasn’t at first.

I would argue that from 27 BC to AD 284, the Roman Empire was Family-Military Dictatorship.

This system combines a Military Dictatorship with a Family Dictatorship.

In this system, the state is under the complete control of the military whose leader holds absolute power with said leadership being decided by familial relation to the current leader.

It wasn’t until Diocletian came to power It wasn’t until Diocletian came to power in 284 that Rome became a true Monarchy, and it wasn’t until Constantine the Great unified the country in 324 that the Monarchy became Hereditary.

If you want a modern example of this look up the Somoza Dynasty of Nicaragua. They ruled that nation from 1936 to 1979.

I would go as far as to claim that the Roman Empire was NOT a monarchy, or at least it wasn’t at first.

I would argue that it was a combination of a Military Dictatorship and a Family Dictatorship.

In this system the Government is under the complete control of the military, with the leader of the Military holding absolute power whose successors are decided by familial relationship.

If you want a modern example of this look up the Somoza Dynasty of Nicaragua. They ruled that nation from 1936 to 1979.

It wasn’t until Diocletian came to power in 284 that Rome became a true Monarchy, and it wasn’t until Constantine the Great unified the country in 324 that the Monarchy became Hereditary.