Bonus I- Fourth Rome (April Fools' Day Special)

A new era dawns today. We welcome a new emperor and a new empress of the Romans... Vote on our elevation at the following links! Results will be declared on the 3rd of May after we consider the vote closed on the 1st. Website: https://wordpress.com/page/autocratpodcast.wordpress.com/587 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5N4UZGq-Em/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu0Hnh-S2FwxluFRPvOo8xA/community Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GCSTXQpilgG5NIgFcGRTm?si=ee52098276f84cd6 Sources for this episode: Cronin, V. (c. 1971), Napoleon. London: William Collins. Laats, A. (2009), The Concept of the Third Rome and its Political Implications. KVÜÕA toimetised 12: 98-113. Littlewood, I. (2002), The Rough Guide History of France. London: Rough Guides Ltd. Montefiore, S. S. (date unknown), The Romanovs 1613-1918. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson (eBook). Porphyrogennetus, C. (date unknown), Constantine Porphyrogennetus: The Book of Ceremonies. Leiden: Brill. Strémooukhoff, D. (1953), Moscow the Third Rome: Sources of the Doctrine. Speculum 28(1): 84-101. Venning, T. (editor) (2006), A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. Wheatley, J. (2016), A Problem or a Solution? The Referendum as a Mechanism for Citizens' Participation in Constitution Making. Chapter in: Ruth, S. P., Welp, Y. and Whitehead, L. (editors), Let the People Rule? Direct Democracy in the Twenty-First Century. Colchester: ECPR Press. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Philotheus of Pskov (online) (Accessed 25/03/2024). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), 1802 French constitutional referendum (online) (Accessed 25/03/2024).