They were generals that were declared emperor (some successfully and others not so much) by their soldiers during the crisis of the third century. From the death of Alexander Severus to the rise of Diocletian (himself a barracks emperor) there were like 60 legitimate and illegitimate emperors.
Augustus held many titles such as princeps (his main title and where we get prince from) and imperator (basically general, where we get emperor from) as well as consular authority wherever he was. He created the principate.
Diocletian ended the time when the senate had power with his reforms a and reformed the empire into the dominate where it was a true miltary autocracy.
there were like 60 legitimate and illegitimate emperors.
Can't remember if this was the period where 1 of them just bought the emperorship from the Praetorians or if that was 1 during the Year of the Five Emperors.
No problem, the crisis isn’t often talked about in school. For me (iirc, it’s been about 6 years) once we got past the five good emperor the rest just gets glossed over with only Constantine and a few others being brought up before the fall...of the west, they never talk about the very successful east.
The sixty includes a lot of men who claimed to be emperor but are not recognized as true emperors and are instead labeled as usurpers. But it was like 50-60 in fifty years.
Rome died in 1453. Romes cultural peak was Christian Constantinople in my opinion. Although it did not produce nearly as many legendary names as the Western half. Trump talks a lot about momentum. When you keep the momentum, great things can happen. When you lose it, things start to decline. It amazes me just how long the Romans held out in the east, despite them having lost their momentum after the fall of the West and Justinians reconquering efforts. Anyway, I hope Trump is more like a succesfull Pompeius who restores the republic rather than a Caesar who establishes a dictatorship. The Trump political dynasty can be the peoples dynasty. But democracy should be restored and trusted, because you don't want Nero Trump to rule the land in the future.
They were generals that were declared emperor (some successfully and others not so much) by their soldiers during the crisis of the third century. From the death of Alexander Severus to the rise of Diocletian (himself a barracks emperor) there were like 60 legitimate and illegitimate emperors.
Augustus held many titles such as princeps (his main title and where we get prince from) and imperator (basically general, where we get emperor from) as well as consular authority wherever he was. He created the principate.
Diocletian ended the time when the senate had power with his reforms a and reformed the empire into the dominate where it was a true miltary autocracy.
Can't remember if this was the period where 1 of them just bought the emperorship from the Praetorians or if that was 1 during the Year of the Five Emperors.
That was the year of the five emperors, Julian or something.
No problem, the crisis isn’t often talked about in school. For me (iirc, it’s been about 6 years) once we got past the five good emperor the rest just gets glossed over with only Constantine and a few others being brought up before the fall...of the west, they never talk about the very successful east.
The sixty includes a lot of men who claimed to be emperor but are not recognized as true emperors and are instead labeled as usurpers. But it was like 50-60 in fifty years.
Rome died in 1453. Romes cultural peak was Christian Constantinople in my opinion. Although it did not produce nearly as many legendary names as the Western half. Trump talks a lot about momentum. When you keep the momentum, great things can happen. When you lose it, things start to decline. It amazes me just how long the Romans held out in the east, despite them having lost their momentum after the fall of the West and Justinians reconquering efforts. Anyway, I hope Trump is more like a succesfull Pompeius who restores the republic rather than a Caesar who establishes a dictatorship. The Trump political dynasty can be the peoples dynasty. But democracy should be restored and trusted, because you don't want Nero Trump to rule the land in the future.
Finally, someone whom recognizes the Eastern half as the true heir to Rome.
Although Pompey was great he sold old to the old fucks like Cato.
Then perhaps it’s a new term? Idk. I only heard about it in the last year or so.
Also if you love Roman history go watch Dovahhatty’s content. It’s hilarious.