The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

The Roman Empire at its height was a juggernaut. However, during the third century, almost

everything fell apart. In fact, for a brief period of time, it arguably did. It suffered from

invasions, plagues, a collapsing economy,

lower agricultural productivity, and numerous, numerous political assassinations.

They eventually solved their problems, but in the process, the entire empire was changed forever.

Learn more about the crisis of the third century and how the Roman Empire almost collapsed

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Before I start this episode, let me give you fair warning.

This period in Roman history had a lot of imperial turnover, and most of the emperors were not ones that you have heard of before.

Most of them had unusually short tenures, came to power through their predecessors' assassination, and were assassinated themselves.

Other than getting some coins made with their faces on them, few of them had any lasting impact on Roman civilization or world history. Historians have

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