24 Hours in Roman Milan, 390 AD — The Night the Ancient World Became the Middle Ages

Step into Mediolanum in 390 AD — the true capital of the Western Roman Empire, dragged north to the foot of the frozen Alps because Rome itself had become nothing but a glorious, decaying museum. Experience 24 hours inside the most politically explosive city in late antiquity, where imperial bureaucrats, barbarian generals in Roman armour, and a bishop with the moral authority of a god sustain a world that is visibly, terrifyingly coming apart at the seams.

In this dark, quiet moment in Mediolanum, the ancient Roman concept of the God-Emperor officially dies. The Middle Ages begin.
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