Roman Emperor (Crisis of the Third Century)

The Crisis of the Third Century marked the end of the Principate, the early phase of Imperial Roman government. A series of soldiers, the Barracks Emperors, assumed the highest office, leading to the breakdown of the previous system of Imperial government, in which the Emperor had functioned within the fiction of a preservation of the old republican forms of government. The crisis came to a close with Diocletian, who reformed the Imperial office and initiated the period known as the Dominate.

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Crisis of the Third Century - Imperial Roman - Soldier - Barracks Emperor - Previous system - Emperor - Republican - Diocletian - Reformed the Imperial office - Dominate

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