About This Episode:
Rome didn’t collapse overnight.
It made a decision.
In 211 AD, Emperor Septimius Severus gave his sons a final piece of advice:
“Enrich the soldiers and despise all others.”
That sentence rewired the Roman economy.
Military pay exploded. Silver coins were quietly debased. Taxes strained. Inflation spiraled. And within fifty years, Rome’s currency was mostly copper wearing a thin silver mask.
This wasn’t an accident. It was arithmetic.
In this episode, we break down:
• The Praetorian Guard auctioning the empire
• The 50% pay raise that destabilized the treasury
• How Roman currency debasement really worked
• Caracalla’s Antoninianus and hidden inflation
• Why the Third Century Crisis began with payroll
Rome didn’t fall because of barbarians.
It fell because it taught itself that money was negotiable.
History doesn’t repeat. But it does rhyme.
Subscribe to see the pattern before it repeats again.
Key Moments:
- 00:00 When Money Stops Being Real
01:26 The Empire Auctioned Off
02:39 Septimius Severus Changes Everything
03:11 The 50% Military Pay Raise
05:05 How Rome Debased Its Silver
07:22 Caracalla’s Inflation Coin
09:40 The Third Century Crisis Begins
10:38 When Silver Became Copper
11:42 The Empire Splits Apart
12:37 Aurelian & Diocletian Try to Fix It
13:34 Rome’s Real Fatal Mistake
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