AHC: Alexander Severus manages to rule the Roman Empire for fifty years
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Basically he could be a more successful costanzo the second, with focus with diplomacy and syncretism.. With more luck he could had balcanized sassanid
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I think you're onto a great idea I think the biggest problem of the Roman Empire was the succession problem. Also no the way Augusta created the position of first citizen was heavily dependent on the support of the army. Alexander Severus would remaining power if he had the support of the army and decided war over peace with the Germans.
Looking forward to see what you make of this.
Looking forward to see what you make of this.
He was hit by illness and misfortune.. He had a great potential, but he hadn't a lucio vero to west.. His syncretism and hunger for the knowledge could had interesting consequences.. Imagine a Christianity that coesist peaceful in a pagan world
Who would a long-live Alexander Severus most closely resemble?
The premise: Alexander Severus, rather than be assassinated in AD 235, lives to about 70 years old, dying somewhere around AD 278. Which other Roman Emperor from history - and feel free to pick anyone from 31 BC to AD 1453 - would he most closely resemble? And why do you think that? A few...
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A dead thread with all of five replies doesn't really help that much. But thanks for the link.
Coming on this late, but ‘religious tolerance’ was never a problem with Rome and they built temples to the gods of newly conquered/encountered people with regularity. They were very much ‘all are welcome’ religiously, except where that either specifically included legal or political challenges like human sacrifice…or absolute religious intolerance, ie monotheism, both because that specifically denied their political divinities and because it was tied into political insurrection. Because Jude-Christianity became the standard since, people talk about the Romans as intolerant but that’s flipping it on it’s head. The thing they specifically didn’t tolerate about J-C practitioners was their intolerance of all religions but their own.
Yeah the Romans were nominally tolerant of other religions, that's why I specified Judaism and Christianity since they disliked both, Christianity for its impudence in the face of Rome's Gods, and Judaism both for the same thing & the constant rebellions the Jews launched against Roman rule.
The situation was actually just a bit more nuanced. It wasn't so much the strict monotheism of those faiths, but their exclusivity and relative secrecy. The Jews got more of a pass because their faith predated Rome itself, so it wasn't exactly a fad, and it also did not seek out to expand among the population (and even then, it was just barely tolerated in good times). If you look at any of the eastern mystery cults that practiced similar secrecy, the Romans were often suppressing them.
As far as the state was concerned, any non-sanctioned gathering was concerning, especially in the Empire. Just look at Pliny's famous letter to Trajan, discussing both the local Christians and his proposal for a fire company. Trajan was actually more opposed to the fire company than he was to the Christians.
Obviously, the religious angle made things more difficult, but it was icing on the cake, so to speak.
Penso che il miglior risultato possibile fosse che Alessandro Severo elevasse un generale da co-imperatore a trattare con le tribù germaniche, mentre terminava il lavoro con i Sasanidi
Piccolo consiglio, traduci sempre i tuoi messaggi. La maggior parte degli utenti non parla italiano, e credo che postare qualcosa che non sia in inglese ( a meno che non aggiungi una traduzione a fianco) sia contro le regole del sito.
Translation:
I think that the best way to handle this would have been for Alexander Severus to co-opt one of his general as emperor to deal with the Germanic tribes, while Severus would bring to an end his campaign against the Sassanids.
It would be nice if he was able to seized persian knowledge and open a silk trade route more efficient..
For a start he needs to make an example out of his usurpers, preferably humiliate them on their way to the gallows. That kind of flex would help the PR in showing "I'm not some mommy's boy"
Fondamentalmente, i militari hanno sempre voluto più soldi e privilegi. Quando Alessandro salì al potere, l'economia civile era sull'orlo del collasso, quindi abbassò la sua paga e le dimensioni dell'esercito. Ciò ha portato ad ammutinamenti, rivolte, usurpatori, ritardi nelle campagne e scarse prestazioni militari. Ma immagina se Traiano, o Cesare, avesse metà dell'esercito che rifiutava di essere spostato per attaccare il nemico in Persia, o se il costo dell'esercito fosse troppo alto per l'economia.. Organizzare la logistica richiede tempo, e gli stessi treni nuovi reclute.. Caracalla concede ai militari il diritto di riscuotere Annona per sé, in pratica legalizza la rapina ai civili
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OK, maybe now I found how deactivated the automatic translation.. It was fault of Google translate, I had wrote in English, but he automatically posted in Italian.. Now should be fine