Название: Two Roman Revolutions: The Senate, the Emperors and Power, from Commodus to Gallienus (AD 180-260)
Автор: John D Grainger
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1399037181
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, True PDF
Страниц: 233
Размер: 10,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
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.