The Roman Empire fell in 42 BC at the battle of Philippi where Mark Antony defeated decisively the forces of Old Republic led by Marcus Brutus - the de facto stepson and rumored cuckolded son of Julius Caesar.
The unraveling of the social fabric created in Republican government took three hundred and fifty five years. Julius Caesar, Marius and the Gracchi dreamed not to emulate Cincinatus or Camillus but Alexander. In establishing monarchy with the trappings of liberty, Julius Caesar continued the monarchies of the Diadochi.
There was one important consequence the peace among the Greeks. That united Greek hegemony against Rome envisioned by Perseus of Macedon found fruit in Caesar who established a Greek hegemony within Rome. Greeks and Greeklings found themselves vying for the monarchy in Rome.
The problem with monarchies as the Sassanid empire demonstrates is that they aren't very stable. The year of the four emperors and the crisis of the Third Century demonstrate this.
The empire that Diocletian inherited may have been a sinking ship due to sociological factors rather than political ones. That said, his decision to divide the empire into a tetrarchy served as a death warrant for city born on the banks of the Tiber ford.
The unraveling of the social fabric created in Republican government took three hundred and fifty five years. Julius Caesar, Marius and the Gracchi dreamed not to emulate Cincinatus or Camillus but Alexander. In establishing monarchy with the trappings of liberty, Julius Caesar continued the monarchies of the Diadochi.
There was one important consequence the peace among the Greeks. That united Greek hegemony against Rome envisioned by Perseus of Macedon found fruit in Caesar who established a Greek hegemony within Rome. Greeks and Greeklings found themselves vying for the monarchy in Rome.
The problem with monarchies as the Sassanid empire demonstrates is that they aren't very stable. The year of the four emperors and the crisis of the Third Century demonstrate this.
The empire that Diocletian inherited may have been a sinking ship due to sociological factors rather than political ones. That said, his decision to divide the empire into a tetrarchy served as a death warrant for city born on the banks of the Tiber ford.
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