HISTORY 1M03 Lecture : History of Greece and Rome-Mar.29 "Rome's Emperors Continued"
29 Mar 2012
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235-284: crisis of the third century: more than eighteen emperors, more incursions on rhine and danube, in the east, from 220s : parthians replaced by sassanid (second) persian. Empire: soldier emperors from across the empire (phillip the arab,, maximinus. Thrax) and especially illyrians: no legitimate right of succession and no clear hierarchy below the emperor. More concerned with protecting themselves from rivals, rather than concerning themselves with the empire"s problems (defense of the frontier, socio-economic problems, the state"s attempted generation of resources to fight for the frontier). 284-305: diocletian: illyrian soldier emperor; bringing renewed stability to the roman empire. 286-293: instituted joint rule with maximian, both acting as two co-emperor: 2. From 293: tetrarchy (the rule of four) : in each east and west, an augustus" (diocletian east, maximian-west) and a ceasar" (vice-emperor) (galerius northeast, constantius-northwest: rome is a cultural, but not the political capital. No longer even in principle the political capital.
