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217. Plague and the decline of the Roman Empire

The Rest Is History

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The Crisis of the Third Century

In the third century, Rome is still reasonably razilian. But it's different sai, the tha, the system that emerges after this crisis. The next 300 years of roman history is danubi military officers running the show and paying their their officer class a lot of gold. That is not the augustine system. Then in the fifth century, it all starts to crumble in the west. And youdi ri the huns intriguingly, as armed climate refugees on horseback,. which is not how theyave traditionally thought of. So what's going on there? Of agaite caline ii, ashamed of it.

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