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Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284 - The Critical Century (Paperback)
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Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284 - The Critical Century (Paperback)
Series: Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome
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This title presents a pioneering history of this 'period of crisis'
for the Roman Empire. The Roman empire during the period framed by
the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian
in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. Between
235 and 284, at least 18 men held the throne of the empire, for an
average of less than three years, a reckoning which does not take
into account all the relatives and lieutenants with whom those men
shared power. Compared to the century between the accession of
Nerva and the death of Commodus, this appears to be a period of
near unintelligibility. The middle of the century also witnessed
catastrophic, if temporary, ruptures in the territorial integrity
of the empire. Large portions of the eastern and western halves of
the empire passed under the control of powers and principalities
who assumed the mantle of Roman government and exercised meaningful
and legitimate power over millions. Even those regions that
remained Roman were subjected to deprivation and pillage by
invading armies. The Roman peace, which had become in the last
instance the justification for empire, had been shattered. Clifford
Ando describes and integrates the contrasting histories of
different parts of the empire and assesses the impacts of
administrative, political and religious change. It follows Rome's
confrontation and conflict with a new world power, Sassanian
Persia, in which two Roman emperors lost their lives. It devotes
special attention to legal history. It examines the changing nature
of religious pluralism and the Christian persecutions.
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