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What were the 3rd century crises the roman empire |
Answer» As the two centuries was full of peace and the third century was not. the empire found itself fighting on several fronts simultaneously. A more aggrasive dynasty emerged in 225 and just in 15 years were expanding rapidly in the direction of Euphrates. Shahpur I and the Iranian ruler claimed he had defeated the Roman army (60000)and even captured the capital of Antioch. A whole series of germanic tribes or rather tribal confederacies began to move against the Rhine and Danube frontiers and the whole period from 233 to 280 saw repeated invasion of a whole line of provinces that strtched from black sea to alps and southern Germany. The Romans were forced to abandon most of their territories beyond the Danube. | |