When Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Theodorus came to power in 395, the empire stood at a historic peak. Although its decline over the coming decades would not be serious, Rome would not recover until expansionism was reignited by a foreign invasion. As the first Caesar not adopted by his predecessor, Aurelius was regarded with a degree of concern by the Senate, who had come to regard adoption as an effective mode of succession and a far cry from the type of monarchy that was still stigmatized in Rome. Faustilon had a sufficiently good reputation - he was not acclaimed as sapiens (the wise) for nothing - that his decision was not only permitted but tolerated by the Senate and people of Rome. However, history takes a harsher view of Aurelius, regarding his reign as a black mark on Christian tole
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| - When Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Theodorus came to power in 395, the empire stood at a historic peak. Although its decline over the coming decades would not be serious, Rome would not recover until expansionism was reignited by a foreign invasion. As the first Caesar not adopted by his predecessor, Aurelius was regarded with a degree of concern by the Senate, who had come to regard adoption as an effective mode of succession and a far cry from the type of monarchy that was still stigmatized in Rome. Faustilon had a sufficiently good reputation - he was not acclaimed as sapiens (the wise) for nothing - that his decision was not only permitted but tolerated by the Senate and people of Rome. However, history takes a harsher view of Aurelius, regarding his reign as a black mark on Christian tolerance despite its obvious positive effects on the demographics of the Church.
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