Who were history's greatest monarchs in terms of civil admistration,

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Napoleon
There's a reason why most of the world's legal system is still based on his civil code

>>2232375
> proud of the worse legal system
Common law is better in every way.

>>2232326
Napoelon.

>>2232389
Go away Lindybeige.

>>2232343
>knows his people are retarded contrarians
>knows that potatoes are better than radishes and cabbage for Russia
>Also knows people don't like change
>Tells everyone potatoes can only be grown by nobles but doesn't enforce it
>All the peasants start growing potatoes
Best use of reverse psychology ever?

Surprisingly, Frederick the Great. Everyone harps on his military achievements, but his legal and economic advances benefited his people. He even said that he was the 1st Servant of the State.

>>2232326
The greatest monarch for civil administration was also the greatest for conquest.

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>>2232515
building a fuckload of cities =/= civil administration

>>2232496
yes, he was an expert of pushing reforms over traditionalists

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Emperor Julian

>>2232568
Glorified larper

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>>2232568
The guy died within a year and didn't make any reforms whatsoever of any note.

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>>2232326
I'm not sure but this guy ?

>>2232343
>lets new capital built in the middle of a fucking swamp because
>force hundreds of thousands of serfs to dig in the mud with bare hands due to nonexistant tools
>tens of thousands die due to starvation, diseases and exhaustion
Nice leader you got there.

Nobody beats Hammurabi.

>>2233622
people who died building st Petersburg were finnish slaves so nothing of value was lost

>>2232568
/his/ literally only likes Julian because he was a fedora tipper.

Augustus

I mean his entire reign was
>Hey guys just holding onto a huge portion of the army and personally claim Egypt, Gaul and Greece
>Hey guys just gonna wear purple all the time
>Hey guys I'm totally not a king lmao

This was occurring for over 40 years, dude was a mad politician

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>reunite most of shattered Poland through diplomacy, make the country three times as big without any war
>quarantine the country essentially protecting it from black death
>knew that poles cant fight teutons yet so he decided to play safe long game by building shitload of castles, starting trading with everyone and improving relations with Hungary, Bohemia and even Lithuania by marrying some pagan princess
He didn't leave a single heir despite being known for being a chad but it worked out so its ok.

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Augie

>>2233863
He also looked fresh AS FUCK

Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius

Diocletian

Three way tie between Diocletian, Qin Shi Huang and Justinian.

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As in all cases, the answer is Frederick the Great. If you want to count dukes and princes and such, then Leopold II as Grand Duke of Tuscany should rank very highly as well. Joseph II's ideas were good but he implemented them in such a way that ensured they were never going to stick.

Based Jospeh II, our guy.

>>2233544
He got France into a series of difficult wars, draining the treasury. This led to an increase in taxes by his successors, which was a cause of the Revolution. Decent administrator, but hardly great.

>>2233864
>>2233861
But ultimately, the monarchy ruined Rome's ability to govern itself, because every few years the emperor would be killed.