09-16-2012, 05:23 PM
Quote:Why doesn't it begin with Decius, his unprecedented persecution of Christianity, and his unprecedented defeat and death at the hands of the Goths along with his son and co-emperor?
Well, Rome did revive pretty well by the end of the third century. Whereas from Constantine on, it was pretty much downhill.
Quote:People tend to forget that the Goths slayed three Roman emperors in battle.
Three? I knew of Decius.