This chapter explores the transition from the stability of the five good emperors to the chaos of Commodus's reign, leading to the Crisis of the Third Century. It examines the growing instability within the Roman Empire, the impact of leadership changes, and the significant role of Christianity in the eventual decline of state cohesion.
The fall of Rome was completed in 476, when the German chieftain Odoacer deposed the last Roman emperor of the West, Romulus Augustulus. The East, always richer and stronger, continued as the Byzantine Empire through the European Middle Ages. But here we will tell the story of the fall of the west and the rise of the east
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