On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 07:42 PM, Timothy Nelson wrote: > _Teckla_ does indeed mention a Teckla Republic. I was mostly wondering > what > people thought about the conditions at the time, and whether the > "Emperor" > would be elected. (After all, no matter how much political power the > senate > would have, the orb has to sit on somebody.) > > Before Julius Caesar, the Roman Senate elected a consul as head of state, usually two, to rule for a year. I imagine the Teckla have something similliar. --- "If they've already seen your best they can do without the rest, don't ya know."---James McMutry