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It might have been thought that the Roman Empire should have collapsed in the 260s - yet it did not. Pat Southern shows how this was possible by providing a chronological history from the end of the second century to the beginning of the fourth.
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The third century AD in the Roman Empire began and ended with Emperors who are recognised today as being strong and dynamic - Septimius Severus, Diocletian and Constantine. Yet the intervening years have traditionally been seen as a period of crisis. Beating off rivals and coping with immediate emergencies occupied a rapid succession of rulers. The 260s saw the nadir of Imperial fortunes, with every frontier threatened or overrun, the senior Emperor imprisoned by the Persians, and Gaul and Palmyra breaking away from central control. It might have been thought that the Empire should have collapsed - yet it did not.
Pat Southern shows how this was possible by providing a chronological history of the Empire from the end of the second century to the beginning of the fourth; the emergence and devastating activities of the Germanic tribes and the Persian Empire are analysed, and a conclusion details the economic, military and social aspects of the third century 'crisis'.
She shows that many of the rulers of the third century - in particular Gallienus, whose reign has been called the lowest point in Imperial history - have been significantly underrated. Far from being responsible for the problems of the era, it was thanks to their determination to consolidate that the Empire survived, and was able to transform itself into the sacrosanct, absolutist, dynastic regime of the fourth century.
Lucidly written, fully illustrated and incorporating the latest scholarly findings, this work makes a fascinating but little-known period of Imperial history accessible to both students and the general reader.
Pat Southern shows how this was possible by providing a chronological history of the Empire from the end of the second century to the beginning of the fourth; the emergence and devastating activities of the Germanic tribes and the Persian Empire are analysed, and a conclusion details the economic, military and social aspects of the third century 'crisis'.
She shows that many of the rulers of the third century - in particular Gallienus, whose reign has been called the lowest point in Imperial history - have been significantly underrated. Far from being responsible for the problems of the era, it was thanks to their determination to consolidate that the Empire survived, and was able to transform itself into the sacrosanct, absolutist, dynastic regime of the fourth century.
Lucidly written, fully illustrated and incorporating the latest scholarly findings, this work makes a fascinating but little-known period of Imperial history accessible to both students and the general reader.
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The third century opened and closed with the emergence of strong, vigorous Emperors victorious in civil war, each of whom survived long enough to consolidate his power and reorganise the state. Read the first page
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