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With Caesar's assassination comes renewed civil war. The aristocratic senatorial faction is defeated and the Republican form of government is replaced by dictatorship. Caesar's adopted nephew, Augustus, involves power as the first Roman Emperor and puts into place the most extraordinary experiment in imperial government ever attempted. In the process, he paves just how for an extended period of peace, a golden age, the likes of which has never before been seen. The Empire is ruled by one dynasty after another - some good, some bad - until it reaches its apogee through the age of the brilliant Antonine emperors. But chaos follows with a series of corrupt rulers, in support of the strong leadership of Diocletion 85 years later brings stability. Shortly afterward, Constantine's rule promotes the new faith of Christianity and helps it be the state religion of the empire. But the downward spiral of decay cannot be reversed. Economic disruptions, plague and barbarian invasions prove too much for Rome, and the western half of the empire descends into a maelstrom of ignorance, dispair and random violence that you won't emerge for most centuries. That is Volume 2 of A History of Rome (Unabridged). Have you heard ?
