Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Season 1 Episode 6 The Hidden Poison Begins to Work

29 min

After the peace of the Antonines, things quickly began to fall apart. Describing the horrific reigns of emperors like Commodus, Caracalla, and Elagabalus, Gibbon illustrates the "hidden poison" by which one-man rule produced a vicious cycle of incompetent, power-corrupt emperors.

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