This chapter examines the pivotal shift of the Roman Empire as Christianity became its state religion, reshaping traditional beliefs and the emperor's role. It also addresses the administrative changes under Emperor Diocletian, the emergence of Constantinople as the new power center, and the complexities of the empire's division into East and West.
The fall of Rome was completed in 476, when the German chieftain Odoacer deposed the last Roman emperor of the West, Romulus Augustulus. The East, always richer and stronger, continued as the Byzantine Empire through the European Middle Ages. But here we will tell the story of the fall of the west and the rise of the east
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