Who were absolute monarchs during the fall of Rome?

Question

Right after the fall of Rome, who were absolute monarchs during this time? Just names will do but if you have any little tid-bits they would hep too.

Answer 1

To be honest with you, there were no monarchies at this time. Now there were Emperors....a good one to be exact. However, he knew Rome was not going to withstand much more punishment and he moved the Empire to Constantinople. Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium because he knew Rome was weak and vulnerable to barbarian attack. This is how the Roman Catholic Church actually gains its power over the masses of Western Europe. There was no strong authority in the West until Charlemagne comes to power in 800 CE. Therefore, the Church took center stage at the very heart of the Roman Empire...Rome. This is why the Church becomes so dominant throughout the Middle Ages.

Answer 2

Be careful with the term "absolute" monarch because the fall of Rome was in 476 A.D. or B.C.E. and the age of absolutism in Europe did not begin until Louis XIV in France reigned (beginning in the late 1600s). That doesn't mean there weren't very powerful monarchs - as previous posts indicate.

I stand corrected . . . monarchies is also a dangerous term!

Answer 3

are you referring to the fall of the Roman Empire, or the fall of the Roman Republic, or the fall of monarchy in very early rome before the Republic?

Tarquinias Superbus was the last King of Roman killed, in 453 BCE, by a descendant of the Brutus who was involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar.

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