Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but eastern as in the Middle East. The Romans regarded Persian and Egyptian style autocracies (and to a lesser degree, Hellenic autocracies) as having a despotic character, unlike GOOD HONEST ROMAN autocracy which was definitely government by consensus, just with one man having all the consent.
How eastern are we talking here? Like eastern or Eastern?
Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but eastern as in the Middle East. The Romans regarded Persian and Egyptian style autocracies (and to a lesser degree, Hellenic autocracies) as having a despotic character, unlike GOOD HONEST ROMAN autocracy which was definitely government by consensus, just with one man having all the consent.