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

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

In which the rise of the Thracian Maximin, a soldier of barbarian origin, disrupts the fragile order of the Roman Empire through his brutal tyranny and spurring of rebellion, culminating in a desperate assertion of senatorial authority and the fleeting elevation of the Gordians. The restless spirit of Rome and its provinces is revealed in the ardent yet precarious struggles between military force and the remains of republican governance, with the senate striving to restore dignity amidst the tumult of civil war.

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