Who ruled the Western Roman Empire? When was Rome split?: Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire in 285 AD, after it became clear that the size of the empire made governing difficult. Diocletian decided the Eastern Empire would be ruled out of Byzantium, and the Western portion out of Ro...
What was another name for the Eastern Roman Empire? What empire ruled Asia Minor during the Greek Dark Ages? Who established the Achaemenid Empire? Who had the West's largest and longest lasting empire? Who initially controlled the Roman Republic?
, by Mario Bartolini, Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, U.K., and Havertown, Pa., 2023, $34.95 Roman Emperors is a chronological guide to the men who ruled Rome from 27 BC to ad 476.Lyons, Justin D. AUTHORMilitary History
TheRoman Empire was divided into an eastern half and a western half in 285 CE by the Emperor Diocletian. It was the Emperor Constantine in 330 CE, however, who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium (Constantinople), in the Eastern Roman Empire. Which event came first in Roman...
and the two faced off in a civil war, with Antony controlling the eastern parts of the Roman Empire and Octavian the west. Herod supported Antony and ended up on the losing side as Antony was defeated at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C, and committed suicide in 30 B.C. Herod ...
He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. Napoleon's political and ...
(according to historian Hagith Sivan) planned a legal reform to streamline centuries’ worth of confusing Roman laws into a single written set, which became a cornerstone of the great project in the Eastern Empire known as the Theodosian Code, the basis of future Roman law in Europe. She ...
Joannes was a senior civil servant in the Roman Empire at a time of instability. He was briefly elevated to emperor of the Western Empire as a usurper to the rightful emperor. Joannes was finally captured by elements of the Eastern Empire. Hisright hand was cut offand he was strapped t...
Ptolemy took the Egyptian part, Antigonus took the area in Europe, including Macedonia, and Seleucus took the eastern part, Asia, which he ruled until 281. The Seleucids were the members of the dynasty that ruled Phoenicia, Asia Minor, northern Syria and Mesopotamia.Where...
Cleopatra's foreign policy goal, in addition to preserving her personal power, was to maintain Egypt's independence from the rapidly expanding Roman Empire. By trading with Eastern nations—Arabia and possibly as far away as India—she built up Egypt's economy, bolstering her country's status ...