CLAB06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gallienus, Euergetism, Dominate
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* beneficial ideology represents the notion that emperors were magnanimous. Literary sources are less numerous from other periods, can be biased there is also an impoverishment in documentary sources (except in britain & africa) & there"s a set of legal sources = harsher provisions. * led to frequent mutinies + interventions of the army, no dynasty (many adoptions), succession regulated through murder, very short reigns, no continuity & many usurpers. Begins following the severan dynasty; represents a military crisis (many invasions + rebellions) 1st military crisis leads to a political crisis as emperors were held responsible for the military troubles. The cause of such confusion was succession as there was no clear succession policy, no hierarchy below the emperor & no impartial way to choose. 260: valerian captured and killed by shapur 1st 260-270: a tripartite empire. The empire is divided into 3 parts: ruled by gallienus (the centre ca. 260-267) & ruled by postumus (the western province ca.
