The Constitutio Antoniniana was the single greatest mistake in

Marcus Aurelius not strangling Commodus in his crib was the greatest mistake in the history of the Roman Empire.

Not establishing a firmer line of succession was Rome's greatest mistake.

>>3126871

>Believing meme history that Commodus was bad

not letting Germanicus to finish the fucking job was Rome's greatest mistake

>>3128020
Das rite, Commodus wuz a good boi who jus liked to pretend he wuz Hercules an shiet, all dose mean senators jus made up all dem lies, he dindu nuffin

Romanos Diogenes instigating the Battle of Manzikert was the greatest mistake in the history of the roman empire.

>>3126850
Nice /pol/ meme

>>3126850
no need to prove anything, completely agreed

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>>3128020
Commodus:
>Lol I'm gonna tie together a bunch of cripples, including former soldiers, and pretend they're a giant so I can fight this crippletron in the flavian amphitheatre
>lol I'm gonna arm a bunch of midgets so I can pretend to be a giant when I publicly murder them in the same place I pretended to fight giants
>lol Hercules LARP
>lol do you like these giraffes, Rome? Such sweet, gentle creatures. Now watch my sick bow skillz when I kill them all!
>Ever seen an ostrich get its head cut off at full gallop with a dart? lol watch out senate, you might be next!
>lol sorry not free, 1 million sesterces for my appearance, autographs at 20 sesterces a piece

>>3130246

I'm sure all those things actually happened, anon. It's not like Roman historians ever exaggerated anything.

Not listening to Cato was Rome's greatest mistake

>>3130256
Guess we'll never know :^)

>>3126850

That's not allowing aristocrats to buy out smaller landowners and replacing sharecroppers with slaves. That's not the Marian reforms. That's not the Praetorian guard.