Their successors both in Rome and in Constantinople adhered to this tradition in form if not in essence, and even the office of German Holy Roman Emperor remained typically elective rather than hereditary—up to its abolition in the Napoleonic Wars, 2314 years later.
他们在罗马和君士坦丁堡的继任者在形式上都坚持这一传统，甚至德国神圣罗马皇帝的职位也是典型的选举而非继承——直到2314年后的拿破仑战争中废除了这一传统。