The Decline – The Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net The Complete Illustrated History Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:26:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://e26sqqumju3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/roman-empire-favicon.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Decline – The Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net 32 32 Uncovering the Causes and Legacy of the Fall of Rome https://roman-empire.net/decline/uncovering-the-causes-and-legacy-of-the-fall-of-rome/ https://roman-empire.net/decline/uncovering-the-causes-and-legacy-of-the-fall-of-rome/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 14:19:54 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5867 The Fall of Rome has been a subject of fascination for centuries, with many speculating on the factors that led to its decline. What can the fall of this once-great ...

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]]> https://roman-empire.net/decline/uncovering-the-causes-and-legacy-of-the-fall-of-rome/feed/ 0 [Review] “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” Book by Edward Gibbon https://roman-empire.net/decline/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 01:31:03 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5539 The Roman Empire itself was formed on the legacy of earlier cultures, and it had a long-lasting and vast territorial influence on a wide range of cultural features, including political ...

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]]> The Eruption of Mount Krakatoa (AD 535) https://roman-empire.net/decline/mount-krakatoa-eruption/ Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:03:31 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5486 You may have heard about a more recent eruption of Mount Kratatoa in 1883 but there has been one major eruption during Roman Empire. In 535 AD Mount Krakatoa (in ...

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]]> Aurelian’s Campaign in the East https://roman-empire.net/decline/aurelians-campaign-in-the-east/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:10:52 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5377 AD 272/273 by ‘Emperor Aurelianus’ Background to the Conflict The conflict between Zenobia of Palmyra and Aurelian took place for the most part in 272ad, in the second year of ...

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]]> Emperor Constantine the Great https://roman-empire.net/decline/emperor-constantine-the-great/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:47:40 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4706 Life: AD c. 285 – 337 Constantine the Great was born in Naissus, Upper Moesia, on 27 February in roughly AD 285. Another account places the year at about AD ...

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]]> Emperor Licinius https://roman-empire.net/decline/licinius/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:33:42 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4702 Life: AD c. 250 – 324 Licinius’s Early Life Licinius was born in Upper Moesia in about AD 250 as the son of a peasant. He rose through the ranks ...

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]]> Emperor Maximinus Daza https://roman-empire.net/decline/maximinus-daza/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:30:14 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4699 Life: AD 270 – 313 Name: Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximinus Born 20 November AD 270 in the Danubian region. Became emperor in 1 August AD 310. Wife: unknown (one daughter; ...

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]]> Emperor Maxentius https://roman-empire.net/decline/maxentius/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:17:18 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4696 Life: AD c. 279 – 312 Name: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius Born in AD ca. 279 possibly in Syria. Became emperor in 28 October AD 306. Wife: Valeria Maximilla (two ...

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]]> Emperor Severus II https://roman-empire.net/decline/severus-ii/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:06:08 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4694 Life: AD ? – 307 Name: Flavius Valerius Severus Born in the Danubian region, date unknown. Became emperor in August AD 306. Wife: (1) unknown (one son; Severus). Died at ...

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]]> Emperor Galerius https://roman-empire.net/decline/galerius/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:01:38 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4691 Life: AD c. 250 – 311 Name: Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus Born AD ca. 250 at Florentiniana, Upper Moesia. Became emperor in 1 May AD 305. Wife: (1) Galeria Valeria ...

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]]> Emperor Constantius Chlorus https://roman-empire.net/decline/constantius-chlorus/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:57:42 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4688 Life: AD c. 250 – 306 Name: Flavius Julius Constantius Born 31 March AD ca. 250 in Illyricum. Became emperor in 1 May AD 305. Wife: (1) Helena (one son; ...

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]]> Emperor Carausius https://roman-empire.net/decline/carausius/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:08:20 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4685 Life: AD ? – 293 Name: Mausaeus Carausius Born in Menapia, date unknown. Became emperor in AD 286/7. Died AD 293. Mausaeus Carausius was born to a humble family in ...

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]]> Emperor Maximian https://roman-empire.net/decline/maximian/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:05:20 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4682 Life: AD c. 250 – 310 Name: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Born 21 July AD ca 250. Consul AD 287, 288, 290, 293, 297, 299, 303, 304, 307. Became emperor ...

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]]> Emperor Diocletian https://roman-empire.net/decline/diocletian/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:02:03 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4679 Life: AD 240 – 311 Diocletian’s Early Life Born probably near Spalatum (Split) with the name Diocles on 22 December AD 240 or 245, he was the son of a ...

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