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Summarizing the Third Century Crisis
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Quote:A phrase or short sentence about the principate's limited powers to raise money might be wise here.
Point taken.
Quote:Further destabilising effects for the overall security situation of the empire may have come from the Aurelian plague (lon-term loss of manpower) and the rise of Christianity (tied up time and energy).
The recent (2007) Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World (now here is a book that every single cent of its $225) also stresses the importance of epidemics, but it quotes an article by Scheidel, who is also the main editor of that book... I do not know what to make of that.
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Re: Summarizing the Third Century Crisis - by Jona Lendering - 09-11-2008, 04:35 PM
summary - by Graham Sumner - 09-12-2008, 04:17 PM

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