About This Episode:
251 AD wasn’t just a bad year. It was Rome’s near-death experience.
First, an emperor vanishes into a Balkan swamp. Decius charges forward with his son—and both are gone. No heroic last stand. No recovered body. Just an army shattered and 20,000 Romans dead.
Then comes the second удар: the Plague of Cyprian. Fever. Diarrhea. Throat ulcers. Entire streets empty in days. Ancient sources claim 5,000 dying per day in Rome at the peak.
This episode walks you through the moment Romans may have first felt the thought:
“This might actually be the fall.”
In this video, you’ll learn:
• Why 251 AD sits at the center of the Crisis of the Third Century
• What happened at the Battle of Abritus
• How plague + invasion create the perfect collapse spiral
• Why Rome survived…barely—and what it cost
👇 Question: What kills empires faster—external invasions or internal decay?
Comment INVASIONS or DECAY and tell me why.
Subscribe for more episodes connecting Rome’s collapse patterns to the world we’re living through now—because history doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.
Key Moments:
- 00:00 – 251 AD: Rome’s Near-Death Year Begins
00:37 – Why 251 AD Matters in the Crisis of the Third Century
02:22 – Rome’s Cracks: Inflation, Instability, and Civil Chaos
03:12 – 26 Emperors in 50 Years (Crisis of the Third Century)
04:38 – The Battle of Abritus: Decius Walks Into a Swamp
05:18 – The First Emperor Killed by “Barbarians”
05:40 – What the Defeat Unleashed (Flood of Invasions)
05:48 – The Plague of Cyprian Explained (250–262 AD)
06:06 – Symptoms + “5,000 a Day” in Rome
06:18 – Christians, Persecution, and the Social Flip
06:49 – The Legacy of 251 AD: How Rome Survived (Barely)
07:28 – The Roman Pattern: What 251 AD Rhymes With Today
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