A work that reviews the incredible history of the High Empire of Rome, and shows it, more than as a decline, as a slow transition that will eventually lead to the Middle Ages.
The High Empire of Rome (27 BC-235 AD) is one of the most transcendental periods in ancient history: the long and continuous period of peace fostered by the emperors allowed great economic prosperity that had an impact, for example, on the beautification of the cities of the empire, Rome being the most characteristic case. However, behind the image of stability that the high imperial period conveys, there are hidden shadows and tensions that would end up leading to the model of military monarchy at the end of the Severan era - starting in the year 235 -, which gave way to a period of political crisis that almost ended the empire.

In contrast to this splendor that historians attribute to the Early Roman Empire, the political context of the Early Roman Empire is described in terms of “decline” and “fall.” Between the 3rd and 5th centuries, the Roman Empire entered a phase of military stagnation, and became more defensive due to frequent raids by the Germanic peoples. All this, added to the process of Christianization of the empire, has led to conceiving these centuries as a period of rupture with the classical past of Rome and its domains.