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Events of Ancient Rome offers a chronological and thematic overview of key moments that shaped the history of the Roman Empire. This category features articles on battles, wars, political upheavals, reforms, rebellions, and other landmark events of the ancient world. The texts present the course of events, their causes, and consequences, placing them in a broader historical context. This is a compendium of knowledge for those seeking to understand the dynamics of Roman history.
The reign of Emperor Commodus (ruling from 17 March 180 to 31 December 192 CE), son of Marcus Aurelius, began just as the brutal Marcomannic Wars (bellum Germanicum et Sarmaticum) were finally winding down. At its height, according to Marcus Aurelius’s own letters, this conflict involved thirteen legions and dozens of auxiliary cohorts.
The Edict of Diocletian on Maximum Prices from 301 CE, known as Edictum Diocletiani et Collegarum de Pretiis Rerum Venalium, was intended to combat the progressive inflation in the Roman Empire by setting maximum prices on more than 1,400 products, slaves or services. The edict has survived to our times partly due to fragments of inscriptions (in Greek and Latin) on stone slabs found mainly in the eastern territories of the Empire, in 42 places.
Ammianus Marcellinus, author of Roman History (Latin Res gestae), thanks to whom we know history very well The Roman Empire in 353-378 CE, holding many state functions and being a participant in such significant events of the world than as the siege of Amida and the expedition to Ktezyfont Emperor Julian the Apostate, no in his work, he merely described this type of military-political events.
