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Most of the Byzantine medical authors attempted to connect dementia with certain multifactor agents and some of them interpreted the symptoms as being influenced by the brain's pathogenic humor or focused on the role of vascular diseases. However, an elderly leader afflicts his personal destiny, as well as the succession of the throne and the history of the whole nation. Sometimes, a delay in diagnosis and recognition of the loss of the somatic and mental ability of the emperor made scientific intervention useless and the patient's behavior was dangerous for the citizens of the state.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:\u2003<\/jats:bold> 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. 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