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The History of Rome

121- Phase Three Complete

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.813.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2011

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Crisis of the Third Century finally ended with the mini dynasty of Carus and his two sons. In 284 Diocletian rose to power, ushering in a new age in Roman history.

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is outside the scope of Roman history. Jack Weatherford's gangus con and the

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making of the modern world, which is by all accounts a fantastic new biography of

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one of the most pivotal lives in the history of the world. So thanks to Charles

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Hello and welcome to the history of Rome. Episode 121 Phase 3 complete.

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Way back in Episode 51, I talked about the generation of Romans who grew up

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during the factional conflicts of Salah and Marius. Spent their middle years

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embroiled in the political wars of the first triumvirate and if they managed to

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survive, they then died in old age having just been dragged through two decades

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of civil war. It was a generation that knew nothing of the golden ages of Roman

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history that had come before them and would come after them. There's was a

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world where cross ambition and an indifference to the rule of law led to a series

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