abstract
| - The Roman Empire is the governmental successor to the Roman Republic, both in the muggle and in the Wizarding world. It was first established by Octavian Caesar Augustus, who would not only be the first person to possess the mantle of the Universal Monarchy since the fall of Atlantis millennia ago, but also be the first person to be the mortal and physical incarnation of Aernus since the deaths of the Sacred Triumvirate of Atlantis. The Empire was temporarily divided into two administrative halves during the Tetrarchy, and would become divided once again after the death of Theodosius I. The final union of the Empire would take place after the Fall of Western Rome, during which the Eastern Emperor Zeno would become the first of an unbroken line of Roman Emperors, until the Fall of Constantinople (muggle), with the death of Emperor Constantine XI. It is unknown why the descendants of Constantine XI never ascended to the magical throne, but instead preferred to claim the muggle throne. The Roman Empire would once again have a valid heir to the throne, with the birth of Hadrian von Habsburg-Anemas, a direct descendant of Constantine XI Palaiologos, who was crowned as Emperor in 1995.
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