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1. Eastern Roman Emperor

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   The Eastern Roman Emperor, often referred to by the later designation "Byzantine Emperor" (though this term was not used contemporaneously), was the supreme secular and religious authority of the Roman state centered in Constantinople. The Emperor derived his legitimacy not merely from military acclamation, as was common in the earlier Principate, but through a complex admixture of divine mandate, [senato…