00:00Textbooks miss Rome's real hidden killer.
00:03Emperors secretly melted silver coins, adding cheap metal.
00:07This made money almost worthless.
00:10Soldiers felt cheated, losing loyalty.
00:12High taxes and inflation often starved armies, making food supplies unreliable.
00:18Dive deeper into Rome's economic spiral.
00:20Find more at the link in bio.