#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

10811.398 - 10835.103 Gregory Aldrete

So yeah, they go crazy, they murder senators, they murder their members of their own family, they do wacky stuff. But a lot of that is constrained to the immediate surroundings around them. And meanwhile, the mechanism of the Roman Empire is just grinding along as it would anyway. I mean, the governors are running their provinces, stuff's happening. I mean, I guess an emperor can start a war.