It was a purely symbolic body historically, the only reason it even had a Senate is because Constantine took the phrase "Second Rome" very literally and thus Constantinople had everything Rome had.
Did the Senate really still matter at this point? I thought from day 1 the Eastern Senate was like a male nipple, neither practical nor ornamental.
Enjoying this one very much, nice job!
aaaand subscribing.
Just catching up with this AAR. Loving the detail and historical feel so far; I've never played with this mod so it's cool to see it in action.
Good to see the iconoclasts out of office, even if your caution is understandable given their strength!