Facts about Roman Empire
The usurper Magnentius would continue to rule the Western Roman Empire until 353 C.E.
The precise date at which the Roman Republic changed into the Roman Empire is disputed, with the dates of Julius Caesar's appointment as perpetual dictator (44 B.C.E.
The two remaining Augusti divided the Empire again in the pattern established by Diocletian: Constantine becoming Augustus of the Western Roman Empire and Licinius Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire.
The end of the Roman Empire is traditionally placed on 4 September 476 C.E., as the Western Roman Empire fell to Germanic invaders.
Vespasian was a remarkably successful Roman general who had been given rule over much of the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
The Crisis of the 3rd Century is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the Roman Empire between 235 C.E.
Their leaders Alavius and Fritigern led them to seek refuge from the Eastern Roman Empire.
Gratian governed the Western Roman Empire with energy and success for some years, but he gradually sank into indolence.
The Western Roman Empire was divided among the eldest son Constantine II and the youngest son Constans.
The Eastern Roman Empire along with Constantinople were the share of middle son Constantius II.
One could argue that the assassination attempt began the long decline of the Roman Empire.
A final war between the last two remaining Augusti ended with the deposition of Licinius and the elevation of Constantine to sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
Several states claiming to be the Roman Empire's successor arose, before, as well as after, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Gratian acquiesced in their choice and administrated the Gallic part of the Western Roman Empire.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Roman Empire faced its own problems with Germanic tribes.
The Holy Roman Empire, an attempt to resurrect the Empire in the West, was established in 800 C.E.
The rivers Rhine and Danube became the borders of the Roman empire in the North.
The "smell of sulfur" usually refers to the odor of sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide, which has the smell of rotten eggs.
The younger one was named Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire on January 19 379 C.E.
Diocletian saw that the vast Roman Empire was ungovernable by a single emperor in the face of internal pressures and military threats on two fronts.
When he became sole emperor upon the death of his father in 180 C.E., it was at first seen as a hopeful sign by the people of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire began when Augustus Caesar (27 BCE-14 CE) became the first emperor of Rome and ended, in the west, when the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by the Germanic King Odoacer (476 CE).
In November of 284 A.D., Diocletian, a forceful Roman general, seized power and declared himself the new emperor. One of his earliest orders was to split the Roman Empire in two. He kept the eastern part and gave the western half to his colleague, Maximian.
Emperor Diocletian
476 A.D.
In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (also called Fall of the Roman Empire or Fall of Rome) was the process of decline in the Western Roman Empire in which it failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities.
There were several reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire. Each one intertweaved with the other. Many even blame the initiation of Christianity for the decline. Christianity made many Roman citizens into pacifists, making it more difficult to defend against the barbarian attackers.
Marble bust of Hadrian at the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums. Hadrian (/ˈheɪdriən/; Latin: Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. ... He is known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia.
In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.
It was important for the Roman army to be able to move soldiers and all their baggage around the country. They built roads as straight as possible, in order to travel as quickly as they could. Winding roads took longer to get to the place you wanted to go and bandits and robbers could be hiding around bends.