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== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
The primary legacy of the Republic is the continuation of the Caphiric state. Many scholars have noted that the stability of the senatorial regime provided respite and recovery for the Caphiric sovereignty. Some scholars have also posited a hypothetical alternative path, where a continuous string of Imperators, each with less legitimacy than the last, would have been installed in [[1172]], leading to a state legitimacy death spiral and ultimately the end of [[Caphiria]]n political continuity with the destruction of the state by foreign powers. For this | The primary legacy of the Republic is the continuation of the Caphiric state. Many scholars have noted that the stability of the senatorial regime provided respite and recovery for the Caphiric sovereignty. Some scholars have also posited a hypothetical alternative path, where a continuous string of Imperators, each with less legitimacy than the last, would have been installed in [[1172]], leading to a state legitimacy death spiral and ultimately the end of [[Caphiria]]n political continuity with the destruction of the state by foreign powers. For this reason, some 21st century Caphirian scholars have attempted to rehabilitate the Republic's image in a nationalistic framework, including historian H. N. Publian, who published the 2021 work "''The Unimaginable: Case for a Second Republic''". Such revisionist histories are increasingly popular in international scholarly circles but are still questioned in Caphirian academia and mainstream society. | ||
The Republic's secondary legacy is a reinvigoration of the [[Senate (Caphiria)|Senate]] as a political institution. The senatorial class of the late Second Imperium had become largely depreciated in value, with most Imperial relatives, important foreign allies, and various political functionaries receiving the status of Senator. The reemergence of the Senate as a political body led to an influx of capable and ambitious men who would have otherwise sought the Purple or important military command and also led to a purge of the Senatorial rolls in order to reestablish the Senate as an exclusive body. When [[Serossaccir Odobricci]] established the [[Third Imperium]], he maintained the Senate's importance as a social and political institution. For the first century of the Third Imperium's existence, the Senate retained the bulk of its governing authority within the city of [[Venceia]] itself while the Imperator focused largely on the governing of the rest of the empire. This privilege established Venceia as having a degree of autonomy within the Third Imperium, a privilege that was progressively eroded until any vestige of it was abolished altogether at the establishment of the [[Fourth Imperium]]. The Senatorial reinvigoration ensured the Senate survived as an important governing institution, and today it remains a key part of Caphiria's [[Corcillum|legislative apparatus]]. | The Republic's secondary legacy is a reinvigoration of the [[Senate (Caphiria)|Senate]] as a political institution. The senatorial class of the late Second Imperium had become largely depreciated in value, with most Imperial relatives, important foreign allies, and various political functionaries receiving the status of Senator. The reemergence of the Senate as a political body led to an influx of capable and ambitious men who would have otherwise sought the Purple or important military command and also led to a purge of the Senatorial rolls in order to reestablish the Senate as an exclusive body. When [[Serossaccir Odobricci]] established the [[Third Imperium]], he maintained the Senate's importance as a social and political institution. For the first century of the Third Imperium's existence, the Senate retained the bulk of its governing authority within the city of [[Venceia]] itself while the Imperator focused largely on the governing of the rest of the empire. This privilege established Venceia as having a degree of autonomy within the Third Imperium, a privilege that was progressively eroded until any vestige of it was abolished altogether at the establishment of the [[Fourth Imperium]]. The Senatorial reinvigoration ensured the Senate survived as an important governing institution, and today it remains a key part of Caphiria's [[Corcillum|legislative apparatus]]. | ||