How did the days of a good roman emperor go? For example in the

>>3187213
Roman emperor's day depends on whether he was a shit emperor or good emperor

>good emperor
>spend most of day answering petitions from subjects across the empire, appointing officials and delegating tasks

>bad emperor
>go on autistic expeditions all over the place swatting down usurpers that have risen up due to your shitty rule, brutally execute a few noble families because one of your courtiers said they were suspicious and then retire to bed to fuck your domineering wife

The Roman emperor really did not have much of a clue what was going on half the time in his empire, especially if he was the sole ruler. The 4th and 5th centuries tended to lead to the empire being divided up between co-rulers to make it easier to manage.

An example

>city in North Africa being raided by Moors
>begs the local general for aid
>general extorts a shit load of camels and cash from the city
>doesn't defend them
>Moors keep raiding
>city sends delegates to the emperor in Rome for assistance
>general's delegates get there first
>spin a good tale about a bunch of lying bumfuck city slickers trying to fuck the imperator over
>city's delegation turns up
>official appointed to go and check the situation in the city out
>emperor's agent gets to the city, gets bribed by the general and fucks off back to the emperor
>emperor rips the tongues out of the city's delegates
>years later turns out that the general was obviously lying
>emperor goes ape shit

Oh, and another example

>head of the Gallic legions is a popular Frank
>emperor's courtiers in Rome start stirring shit about him
>forge a letter suggesting the Frank is trying to gather legions for a usurpation attempt
>emperor demands that the Frank, Silvanus, comes to Rome for an inquiry
>Silvanus believes he's going to be executed since he doesn't hear the "inquiry" bit, just the demand to return to Rome
>launches a bid for usurpation
>fug
>gets murdered by his colleagues in a chapel

>>3187321

Autism ran rampart after Calígula
Was it some plant like the greek plant that made babies born one eyed inspiring the ciclopes?

>>3187213

There is a surprisingly large amount of paperwork involved with being a roman emperor. The good news is that you have an enormous administrative staff to help you with it.

>>3189156
>The good news is that you have an enormous administrative staff to help you with it.

Only after Diocletian. Half of the reason things were so fucked up until the 4th century was because it became more difficult to run the empire with just a few hundred slaves. The entire government for two hundred years was just the emperor's personal household.