The job had both rewards and risks. Staying alive would be the first and foremost skill a Roman emperor would need. Then he would have to be a good judge of people in selecting his advisers and administrators. He would have to have a feel for the people in order to prevent civil unrest. Most important of all he would have to be on good terms with the army so that they would have no reason to mutiny and throw their support behind some other imperial wannabe.

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