 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuurayiwa kwaAlexander Severus 222235, wekupedzisira wevaSeverans, kwakagumisa Augustan Principate, uye umambo hwakadzika mukutambudzika kwayo kwechitatu, panguva ino hwakagara makore anoda kusvika makumi mashanu. Madzimambo makumi maviri namashanu akawana simba mukati mamakore makumi mana namapfumbamwe, navanopfuura makumi mashanu nomumwe vachirikumbira. Vakawanda vavo vakapondwa kana kuti vakafira muhondo dzairwiwa nevavengi veRoma avo vakanga vava kuvhiringidza miganhu yeRoma. Mukuwedzera pakusagadzikana mukutonga uye hondo yevagari vemo makore enhamo akaratidzirwa ne hyperinflation, dendauye kuparadzana kwokutanga mukati meumambo. Shanduko huru pakati pePrincipate yapfuura neDominate yakatevera, inoenderana nekuchinja kubva kuClassical Antiquity kuenda kuLate Antiquity. Yakanga iriwo nhambo umo simba roUmambo hweRoma hwakanga hwakapararira zvikuru rakanga rava kutanga kunzwa dzvinyiriro inowedzera pamiganhu yahwo yokumabvazuva neyokuchamhembe, nepo kare mwero wesimba rehondo wakanga wakanangidzirwa pakudzivirira muganhu wokumabvazuva. 