History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 1 - Chapter V Part 1

from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · host Edward Gibbon

In which the infamous auctioning of the Roman Empire by the Prætorians ushers in a chaotic contest for power, as three formidable generals from distant provinces rise in defiance of the ignoble usurper. The narrative delicately unfurls the stark realities of military influence and the fragile foundations of imperial authority amid the stirring ambitions and variegated virtues of Severus, Albinus, and Niger.

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