So I'm working on a pet project of mine that I've wanted to do for awhile, a youtube series on the third century crisis. I'm sifting through all the major causes and I want to know if I am missing any:
-The Antonine Plague
-Climate change and other factors (such as bordering Rome for 2 centuries) causing barbarian groups to start migrating, putting pressure on Rome's northern borders.
-The drastic debasement of coinage and the increasing difficulty the emperors were having monetary wise with maintaining their army
-the increasing inability of the emperor to keep the loyalty of the troops and respond to multiple crises points at once
-The rise of the Sassanians
I know I am probably missing a few, but this is all I can pinpoint. I don't think the succession system was an underlying cause in and of itself since that hadn't been much of a problem until this point.
-The Antonine Plague
-Climate change and other factors (such as bordering Rome for 2 centuries) causing barbarian groups to start migrating, putting pressure on Rome's northern borders.
-The drastic debasement of coinage and the increasing difficulty the emperors were having monetary wise with maintaining their army
-the increasing inability of the emperor to keep the loyalty of the troops and respond to multiple crises points at once
-The rise of the Sassanians
I know I am probably missing a few, but this is all I can pinpoint. I don't think the succession system was an underlying cause in and of itself since that hadn't been much of a problem until this point.