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There was a lot more grey area than you make it out to be. There were certainly plenty of kings/czars/emirs/sultans/khagans/emperors etc that ruled exclusively

• tablespoon 5y ago
  > There was a lot more grey area than you make it out to be. There were certainly plenty of kings/czars/emirs/sultans/khagans/emperors etc that ruled exclusively from the comforts of their estates. But how many of those people built a kingdom, rather than inheriting it?
  • datameta 5y ago
    One did not have to lead from the front line to expand territory. But I will grant you that many a ruler certainly wished to be perceived as having an iron will. These people would have had monikers such as "the Great" or "the Terrible" rather than the contrasting "the Wise" and the like.