Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Coin mintage collapsed the Roman Empire. Is history repeating itself?
In the third century AD, the Roman Empire went through a hard period, know as the “military crisis”. This period is characterized by political problems, such as the violent death of the emperors and their family, caused by revolts, plots and military uprisings, military problems caused by the invasion of the empire by the barbarian populations such as the Goths and economic problems such as the lack of production, the decrease of the population, famine in some cases and inflation.
http://www.coins-auctioned.com/docs/coin-articles/coin-mintage-collapsed-the-roman-empire-is-history-repeating-itself