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Tango01  | 28 Oct 2024 4:53 p.m. PST |
""A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within." These words by William J. Durant close the 1964 blockbuster The Fall of the Roman Empire, but the fall had only just begun. The tyranny of Commodus might have finally come to an end, though there is no turning back from the disorder it caused, a downward spin that will ultimately lead to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.
In fact, destruction from within seems pretty much the theme of all our sources for the reign of Commodus (r. AD 177–192). A long line of fairly "good" emperors had reached a high point with Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher on the throne, while his son and heir Commodus turned out to be a massive disappointment: he brought the great Marcomannic Wars to an inglorious end by bribing the enemy; he became dependent on unreliable advisers, and; instead of facing up to imminent political and economic crises, Commodus tried to smooth over his weakness by posing publicly as a gladiator…"
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