variation
The Senate was a unique icon of Rome, which also made the direction of Rome different from other peoples in the world at that time, and its history dates back to the beginning of the founding of Rome. In the period of the Roman Empire, the role of the Senate has been extinct in name only, but it can still send talents to the country from time to time, and it can also elect emperors at specific nodes. By the time of Constantine, the Senate was no longer elected or recommended, but directly appointed by the emperor, which has proved that Rome is no longer Rome.
During this period, the roman emperor's direct subordinate armed ability was getting stronger and stronger, the border was already a semi-professional soldier, in the era of Constantine, because of its outstanding military ability can also shock the northern barbarians, but the next generation of Roman soldiers who are not as good as the generation suffered from barbarian invasions, which is also the main reason why Rome was destroyed by barbarians a hundred years later. At this time, the Romans had no centripetal force of the state, that is, there was no "community of destiny", and defending the country was no longer the honor of soldiers. The most core reason for this situation is also obvious, the empire is the emperor's private home, and what has to do with the people, just like when the Qing Dynasty was burned to the Yuanmingyuan, the most thorough fire was put by its own people, and Rome was like this, completely losing the trust of the people.
Inflation during his term of office is also a measure of the achievements of an emperor, Constantine is obviously ashamed of the word emperor, he abandoned the "silver standard" across the ages, adopted the "gold standard" that exists today, he did not cross the current experience back, purely like many emperors feel that he can resist the laws of the economy. Unlike the current "gold standard", his vision is a real "gold standard", but where there is so much gold that can be circulated, especially if most transactions are small, so the concept of 24k and 18k comes out, the composition is not pure, and the smaller weight of gold coins is used as a small amount. In any case, Constantine forced gold coins to become strong currency, but inevitably damaged the interests of the middle and lower classes, because the more socially hierarchical people, the easier it is to get salaries in gold coins, while the middle and lower classes of people can only get copper plates and silver coins, and society must use gold coins when paying taxes, so in the process of large exchanges, it is always the people at the bottom of society who suffer. The more this happens, the lower the value of copper and silver coins, and after a period of time, the gap between rich and poor inevitably appears.
Family tragedy
Historically, families that came to power in the manner of Constantine tended to be a mess, with almost 100 percent chance of bloodshed. In 310 AD, he killed his father-in-law Maximian, two years later his brother-in-law Maxentius, and in 326 AD his brother-in-law Licinius. However, in 326 AD, with his acquiescence, the deputy emperor, his own son Crispus, was secretly imprisoned and brutally tortured day and night, although the latter insisted on his innocence, he died in prison at the age of 29. Constantine was able to use extreme means to treat his own son, only to say that the nature of the Roman Empire really changed, and the final charge was that Crispus had committed adultery with his stepmother, the queen. The fate of the queen is also full of doubts, and the official conclusion is that she drowned in the bath, can she die seriously? Empress Fausta was the sister of Constantine's rival Maxentius, estimated to be about 40 years old by age, and about 20 when she married Constantine, and had three sons, who were 10, 9 and 6 years old at the time.
Two years after the country was on the right track, there was a bloodshed incident of top personnel, what did it experience in these two years? First, Constantine defeated all his opponents, and the only one who could theoretically pose a threat to him was his ex-wife's son, his eldest son, Crispus, who was 22 years younger than his father and had no bad military feats. Second, the world has been settled, and the identity of the "deputy emperor" is superfluous, and if it is a 10-year-old eldest son, he can also be the heir. Third, the queen's age is no longer fertile, and she has no use value like the eldest son. Because the record of the mother-son relationship comes from the hands of Christians, whether it is deliberately smearing the two is most likely biased, Constantine as the real tyrant must also be in the interests, and it is not surprising that he can do such a thing.
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