Theodoro-Samos
Roman Republic of the East (1827-1839) Roman Empire of the East (1839-1908) Anatolikí Romaïkí Dimokratía Anatolikó Romaïkó Vasíleio | |
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Motto: Basileu Basileōn, Basilei Boithi "King of Kings, Long Live the King" | |
Anthem: Vasilikós Akathistís "Royal Akathist" | |
Capital and largest city | Doros |
Official languages | Latin Greek |
Religion (2020) | Greek Orthodox Church |
Demonym(s) | Theodoro-Samiot |
Government | Federal diarchic republic (initially) Federal parliamentary constitutional elective monarchy (later) |
• Consuls (1827-1839) | Lykourgos Logothetis and Ahmed Karamanides (first) |
• Emperor (1839-1908) | Lycurgus I (first) Constantine Augustus III (last) |
• Logothete-President (1839-1908) | Micheal Doukas (first) Andrei Vasilov |
Legislature | Senate (Synklētos) |
Theodoro-Samos, officially the Roman Republic of the East (1827-1839) or the Roman Empire of the East (1839-1908), was a state in the Eastern Mediterranean with territories on the Crimean Peninsula, in the Aegean, and on the north-west coast of Africa. Formed in 1827 after the dissolution of the Greco-Theodoran Republic, it was initially composed of two federated states, the Theodoran Republic (in southern Crimea) and the Stratopolity of Samos (comprising Samos and other adjacent islands). In 1839, the state switched from a republican system of governance to become an elective constitutional monarchy under a system known as the Peristrophy. In 1884, due to the Berlin Conference, Theodoro-Samos was granted the area of Cabo Blanco in north-west Africa as a colony, called the Exarchate of Africa.