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Much has been written about the events of 69AD, the famous 'Year of Four Emperors', but this book offers a new perspective on the Roman Empire as the shift of power between Senate and Emperor turned deadly. The disastrous reign of the Emperor Commodus, which saw a great expansion of the power of the emperor, eventually resulted in his asassination, but also in a civil war, which was as revolutionary as that of 69. Though the original assassination had been in the name of a restoration of the authority of the Senate - the program of Pertinax and his supporters - the victory of Septimius Severus established a murderous autocracy, which degenerated into incompetence under his successors. It also set up a continuous tension within the government between imperial and senatorial powers and authority. The weakness of the imperial power after Caracalla was emphasised by the assassination of all emperors between 217 and 238; it also produced an increase in warfare on all frontiers from Syria to Britannia. In the later years of Alexander Severus the Senate began to recover its authority, thanks to the emperor's long absences from Rome in the east and in Germany. His frontier policy displease

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Author

John D. Grainger

Publisher

Pen and Sword History

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781399037204

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir