eastern and western roman empire split in ad 286.
eastern and western roman empire split in ad 286.
when did eastern and western roman empire split?
ad 286
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the wars' distant origins lay in the formation of the byzantine empire from the collapsing roman empire in the 4th century. prior to the formation of the byzantine realm in the 3rd century ad, the roman empire faced a severe military and political crisis; political assassinations and dangerous campaigning led to 32 emperors seizing and losing power within 50 years of roman history. matters were made worse with an economic and demographic problem. the population of the roman empire began to fall in the 4th century due to a lack of conquest leading to a lack of slaves, a vital and significant group of people in the empire. reforms by emperors like constantine i and theodosius i prolonged the roman empire but nonetheless the empire split into eastern and western halves in 395 ad. the western half (western roman empire) was plagued by barbarian invasions, collapsing in 476 ad whilst the eastern half survived and began to undergo hellenization transforming into what historians label today as the byzantine empire. unlike the western half of the roman empire, the eastern half experienced fewer barbarian invasions although encounters with the huns and persians kept the byzantines busy enough from making any serious recovery attempts in the west.
byzantine–seljuq wars