Without male heirs, a crisis developed in regards to the imperial succession.

Without a preordained imperial succession, how is this possible?

He is imprisoned for life and becomes known as the candidate for the imperial succession.

Michael was removed from the imperial succession, and exiled from Russia in disgrace.

But never again did Julien mention the imperial succession or the problems that my abdication had caused.

Hence it paid homage to a specific ruler and a new anthem was composed at each imperial succession.

Throughout their history, the Byzantine emperors never restricted the imperial succession to primogeniture.

This was the first time that a barbarian kingdom had played a key role in the imperial succession.

The imperial succession was a case in point.

The 2nd century ended with another struggle for imperial succession.