Shared Authority in the Theory and Practice of Imperial Power under the Palaiologoi – Some Considerations
John Kantakouzenos, in one passage of his historical work, writes that according to Roman law, the sons of an emperor are obliged to address the eldest among them as “emperor” and to serve him. The eldest, in turn, may grant them cities and regions in which they may exercise joint—or, more precisely, shared—authority (ἡ οἰκεῖα…
