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 Rome. Because of this split, the Eastern Empire would ...
Who ruled Rome after Julius Caesar? The Roman Emperors: On March 15, 44 BC, Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the floor of the Roman Senate. With the dictator of the Roman Republic dead, Rome fell into political chaos. A new ruler eventually emerged to take Caesar's place. ...
Who did Herodotus say started the Persian War? Who attacked the Byzantine Empire? Who eradicated the Neo-Assyrian Empire? Who conquered the Sassanid Empire? Who ruled the Roman Republic after the Battle of Philippi? What Roman general defeated Boudicca?
After Otho came Vitellius, who ruled for eight months and heaped more woe upon Sporus. He decided to use the boy for public entertainment in the gladiatorial arena, planning a re-enactment of the Rape of Proserpina. To avoid this abominable fate, Sporus killed himself sometime in AD 69....
An illustration of a statue of Queen Amanirenas, who ruled the Kingdom of Kush. Queen Amanirenas ruled the Kingdom of Kush from 40 B.C. to 10 B.C., in the Nubian region, now modern-day Sudan. WhenRoman emperor Augustusconquered neighboring Egypt in 30 B.C.—with plans to next inva...
called the Heruli. But it did not heal the deadly wound, for this was only a government in Rome. It was not a Roman government, but one of foreign barbarians. Then there was the kingdom of the Ostrogoths, 493-554, another foreign people who ruled in the territory. But they were driv...
1.Genghis Khan. Born under the name of Temujin, Genghis Khan was a Mongolian warrior and ruler who went on to create the largest empire in the world – the Mongol Empire. Who almost ruled the world? But forGenghis Khan, it was just the start. Over the course of the century, he and...
Menkaure was the eldest son ofPharaoh Khafre, the grandson of Khufu (Cheops), and ruled in the middle of the third millennium BC, from about 2490 to -2473, though the length of Menkaure's reign is uncertain. His wives were Queens Khamerernebty II and Rekhetre, while Shepseskaf was the...
DIOCLETIAN, FOUNDER OF A NEW EMPIRE.(Roman emperor who ruled in the third century A. D.)(Brief Article)Wright, Elinor S
In 161, as Antoninus died and ended one of the longest reigns, Marcus became the Emperor of the Roman Empire and ruled for nearly two decades until his death in 180. He also co-ruled in the beginning with Lucius Verus, his adopted brother until Lucius’ death eight years later. His reig...