The last emperors
With Marcus Aurelius the system of adoptions ended, infact he restored the dynastic
succession appointing his son Commodus as his successor. From the death of
Commodus to Diocletian one hundred years elapsed, during this period there was a
serious crisis, caused by the fact that emperors were elected very easily: 25 emperors
in this period. Among those emperors we recall Caracalla famous for
the baths and his edict (212) with which he bestowed the citizenship on all the
inhabitants of the Empire; Aurelian who restored peace in an Empire tormented by
continuous wars, and at the end Diocletian, Costantine and Theodosius, who ruled
before the decay of the empire.
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