A financial crisis hits Rome,[4] due to poorly chosen fiscal policies. Land values plummet, and credit is increased. These actions lead to a lack of money, a crisis of confidence, and much
land speculation. The primary victims are senators, knights and the wealthy. Many aristocratic families are ruined.
China
Although the usurpation of
Wang Mang and the
Chimei Rebellion are behind him,
Emperor Guangwu now faces a new threat to the
Han Dynasty: the
Rebellion of Gongsun Shu in the
Sichuan province. Gongsun's naval forces are unsuccessful against Han General Cen Peng, so Gongsun decides to fortify his position by
blockading the entire
Yangtze River with a large floating
pontoon bridge, complete with floating fortified posts. After Cen Peng is unable to break through, he constructs several "
castle ships" with high
ramparts and
ramming vessels known as "colliding swoopers", which break through Gongsun's lines and allow Cen to quell his rebellion. Gongsun Shu is totally defeated
three years later.
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