The Roman Empire Lost Its Way

Philip the arab was easily routed in a short battle. Ben theseus sent the legions who had carried him to power back to the danube. He himself stayed in rome to consolidate power and take stock of the empire he now led. The main problem, deseus decided, was not shifting demographics, or economic fluctuations, but rather the loss of public virtue. That virtue which had helped rome win the favor of the gods had been abandoned.