Dementia on the Byzantine throne
Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 04/30/2012
Poulakou–Rebelakou E et al. – Even in contemporary societies, extended life expectancy results in leaders of older age, suffering from various diseases connected with gerontology. Loss of mental skills is considered dangerous and remains a problem from antiquity to the modern day. Byzantium handled all these cases with diplomacy.



