What attracts you to Late Rome?

[Timianus]

A lot of the latter Roman emperors and generals deserve a lot of respect even if some weren't very successful. Gallienus, Aurelian, Probus, Diocletian, Stilicho, Aetius, Majorian etc did their best, often under nearly impossible circumstances.

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What I find truly remarkable is how long the institutions in the west were able to hold out given the constant civil wars, poor leadership, plagues, etc. Unfortunately, so little is known about the few individuals that "held things together."