Regarding empires, do you think there’s any particular reason why Aegon chose to reduce the Kings of Westers to “mere” Lord Paramounts and name himself the sole king instead of letting the various kings keep their original titles and elevating himself to the title of emperor of a Westerosi empire? Was it a symbolic gesture on his part (maybe to show who really was the new top dog) or did he simply never contemplate the idea (as his native Valyria neither had kings or emperors)?

I think it’s more the latter – emperor is not a term that’s used outside of Yi Ti, so it wasn’t in Aegon’s political imaginary. 

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