CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Proverb, Romulus Augustulus, Colosseum
Document Summary
Array of rulers and priorities that led to transformation of rome. Emperor commodus: in the arena and battlefield, strangled to death, last major figure of a different time. After him, there is rapid transformation in rome. There is a year of 6 emperors in 238. 244-270: 34 emperor"s vie for rule of the empire. Institutions keeping nation going were just as powerful as the ruler, the administrative state carries on. Constructing the position- those slowly manifesting themselves. Administration, governing large and large swaths of territory while also always being in some phase of wat. Expansion of rome governed by array of leaders- senatorial control of provinces to local administration- north africa, modern day turkey, all of the mediterranean. Figure that transforms everything in rome in some ways. Transformation of rome stems in part from his construction of his own religious identity. Claimed that during an internal battle for control of rome, he saw in the sky his personal.
