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Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 05:43:32 JST Evan Prodromou

I watched S1E4 "Jackpot" last night, and I got more interested. The description of the Jackpot -- a rolling apocalypse of several disasters coming in quick succession -- reminded me a lot of the end of the western Roman Empire in the 300s and 400s AD. No single big ending; just a lot of punches without any chance to recover fully in between.

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  Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 06:43:18 JST Evan Prodromou
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  "[It] began in 235 with the assassination of Emperor Severus Alexander by his own troops. During the following 50-year period, the Empire saw the combined pressures of barbarian invasions and migrations into the Roman territory, civil wars, peasant rebellions and political instability, with multiple usurpers competing for power. This led to the debasement of currency and economic collapse, with the Plague of Cyprian contributing to the disorder."
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    Crisis of the Third Century
    
    The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as the Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis (AD 235–284), was a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed. The crisis ended due to the military victories of Aurelian and with the ascension of Diocletian and his implementation of reforms in 284, including the Tetrarchy. The crisis began in 235 with the assassination of Emperor Severus Alexander by his own troops. During the following 50-year period, the Empire saw the combined pressures of barbarian invasions and migrations into the Roman territory, civil wars, peasant rebellions and political instability, with multiple usurpers competing for power. This led to the debasement of currency and economic collapse, with the Plague of Cyprian contributing to the disorder. Roman troops became more reliant over time on the growing influence of the barbarian mercenaries known as foederati. Roman commanders in the field, although nominally working for Rome, became increasingly independent. By 268, the empire had split into three competing states: the Gallic Empire (including the Roman provinces of Gaul, Britannia and, briefly, Hispania); the Palmyrene...
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  Chip Butty (otfrom@functional.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 06:43:20 JST Chip Butty
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  @evan like a war, followed by an economic crash, followed by a pandemic, followed by a war, followed by another economic crisis... Followed by climate crises?
  
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  Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 06:44:19 JST Evan Prodromou
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  I should probably add a CW for Roman history spoilers. Just in case anyone started "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" and thought it was going to all work out in the end.
  
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