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A series of monarchs or rulers of a certain country or of more than one, related to each other, or failing that they belong to the same country, is called a dynasty. family.

Rulers of a region who are linked by adoption or family inheritance

Although the term is also usually applied to those families that accumulate large amounts of money, social power or political power over several generations., that is, to any genealogical succession, not only to that related to the monarchy or the nobility but to any family that has been able to perpetuate its power and influence through the years.

Traditionally, although it has not been constant throughout history, but what has dominated, power is transmitted from the father to the first male child. Meanwhile, if there is no male child, the situation may arise that the succession to a female daughter is allowed if only this one exists; and if the king, pharaoh or titular individual of the dynasty in question does not have direct descendants, it can be continued by a brother, a nephew, a cousin or any other relative.

Characteristics

The starting date of a dynasty is taken from the day the monarch of a family other than the ruler assumes power.

On the other hand, a dynasty can be replaced by the extinction of the ruling family, that is, by the lack of an heir or line of succession, by a coup, a revolution or a foreign invasion produced precisely in the territory domain of the dynasty.

Unlike the presidential mandate, the dynasty does not have an expiration date, since the end of it will depend on the longevity of its members and the existence of heirs with the adequate capacity to continue it.

Dynasties during the Roman Empire

During the Roman empire, where precisely the power was transmitted by adoption or by inheritance They succeeded each other and imposed great dynasties that left their undisputed stamp, such as Julio-Claudia, Flavia, Antonina.

The Julio-Claudian dynasty comprised the first five Roman emperors who were related to Julius Caesar, such is the case of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero and ruled the empire between 27 BC. and 68 A.D. It ends when Nero is suicide.
The union of these emperors had been through marriages and adoptions between the Claudia and Julia gens.

For its part, the Flavian Dynasty comprised three emperors: Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. It was a short dynasty that lasted 27 years and began after the first civil war in the empire.

The Antonina ruled between the years 96 and 192 and stood out for being the longest of the dynasties.

Business, artistic dynasties, etc.

On the other hand, and as we indicated above, the concept is also used by extension to refer to that family that knows how to perpetuate its power, its tradition, professional activity and influence through its members, such is the case of, for example, a family of artists in which the father stands out in the acting activity and then her children and grandchildren continue it with the same importance and authority.

It also happens on the economic plane, where rich families become great dynasties that keep businesses and the family name in the foreground for successive generations.

And we can't get around the politics in which we can find authentic dynasties both in totalitarian regimes and in the democratic system. In the second case, we cannot not mention as an emblematic case the Kennedys, a family that had a long tradition in the policy of the United States as a consequence that its members received and agreed to continue the legacy of their ancestors.

American television series of great success in the eighties

And also, Dynasty was the title received by a popular series broadcast during the 1980s in the United States and that immediately, as a result of its success, it spread to the rest of the world.

Devised by the marriage formed by Richard and Esther Shapiro, Dynasty, aired between 1981 and 1989, and focused on the ins and outs of the life of the oil magnate Blake Carrington, from his family, quite particular and eccentric, especially his ex-wife Alexis and his company Denver Carrington.
It turned the actors into hyper-popular personalities Joan Collins, Linda Evans and John Forsythe.

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