▲ 11 r/byzantium
What's the general timeline and evolution of what the emperor was called? The most common title you hear for the Byzantine emperor is Basileus, which is Greek for king, but wasn't the title of "king" viewed negatively since the Republic and more akin to the modern word for "tyrant"? How did it go from an insult to an official title? Were titles like Imperator, Caesar, and Augustus just phased out?
u/According-Cut-9067 — 9 days ago