本文利用计量分析的方法，对相关的历史数据进行了系统的分析，并将其置于所在的特定社会历史环境中加以描述，从而概括出拜占廷帝国皇位继承制的主要特征：一、拜占廷皇帝继承方式表现出明显的多样性，而长子继承制是各种继承形式中占主导地位的形式；二、拜占廷皇帝继承结果表现出明显的不稳定性，外在表现为拜占廷帝国各个王朝统治时间短暂，其内在原因则在于拜占廷婚姻制度造成的皇室男性继承人的缺乏；三、拜占廷皇位继承过程中的残酷凶险和继承斗争的激烈性。拜占廷帝国专制制度需要稳定的皇权继承制强化高度集权化统治，但是拜占廷婚姻制度和习俗却无法为实行稳定的皇权继承制提供保障，从而形成了拜占廷皇位继承制的上述特点 This essay uses the method of econometric analysis to systematically analyze the relevant historical data and place it in the specific social and historical context in which it is described to summarize the main characteristics of the succession system of the Byzantine Empire: The succession of Zhanting emperor showed obvious diversity, while the inheritance of eldest son was the dominant form of various inheritance forms. Second, the Byzantine emperor inherited the results showed obvious instability, the external manifestations of Byzantine The internal reign of the various dynasties of the imperial empire for a short period of time was due to the lack of imperial male heirs caused by the Byzantine marriage system. Third, the brutal danger of succession by the Byzantine Empire and the fierceness of the succession struggle. The Byzantine Empire despotism system needs a stable inheritance system of imperial power to strengthen the highly centralized state. However, the Byzantine marriage system and custom can not guarantee the implementation of a stable inheritance system of imperial power, thus forming the above characteristics of the Byzantine succession system