MAPPING THE WEST: The Roman Empire in Crisis, 284 C.E.
MAPPING THE WEST: The Roman Empire in Crisis, 284 C.E.
MAPPING THE WEST The Roman Empire in Crisis, 284 C.E.
By the 280s C.E., fifty years of civil war had torn the principate apart. Imperial territory retained the outlines inherited from the time of Augustus (compare Map 6.1), except for the loss of Dacia to the Goths a few years before. Attacks from the north and east had repeatedly penetrated the frontiers, however. Long-distance trade had always been important to the empire’s prosperity, but the decades of violence had made transport riskier and therefore more expensive, contributing to the crisis.
Analyzing the Map: From which direction—north and east or west and south—did the Roman Empire face the greater number of threats from raiders or another empire, and in what ways do you think this difference affected the fate of the Roman Empire?
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Making Connections: What do you think would have been the greatest challenges in ruling such a vast empire in an age without swift communications or fast travel?
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