The decline and fall of the Roman Empire was a long slow process with one problem leading to another, marking the transition from Classical Antiquity to the beginning of the European Middle Ages. ... Between 68 and 69 A.D., the Roman Empire witnessed the successive rise and fall of Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, who was the first from the Flavian dynasty to rule. ... Not until after the assassination of Domitian, did Rome turn their attention to this problem. ... The period from 190 to 284 A.D. observed the rise and fall of numerous emperors. ... When the city of Rome rejected the dema...

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