libius severus became king of italy after the fall of the roman empire in the west in 476 ce.
libius severus became king of italy after the fall of the roman empire in the west in 476 ce.
who becomes king of italy after the fall of the roman empire in the west in 476 ce?
libius severus
the roman empire, at its height (c. 117 ce), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. by 285 ce the empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at rome and so was divided by emperor diocletian into a western and an eastern empire. the roman empire began when augustus caesar became the first emperor of rome (31 bce) and ended, in the west, when the last roman emperor, romulus augustulus, was deposed by the germanic king odoacer (476 ce). in the east, it continued as the byzantine empire until the death of constantine xi and the fall of constantinople to the ottoman turks in 1453 ce. the influence of the roman empire on western civilization was profound in its lasting contributions to virtually every aspect of western culture.
culture of ancient rome
the history of the constitution of the late roman empire is a study of the ancient roman empire that traces the progression of roman political development from the abolition of the roman principate around the year 200 until the fall of the western roman empire in 476 ce. when diocletian became roman emperor in 284 ce, he inherited a constitution that was no longer functioning, and so he enacted the most significant constitutional reforms in over three-hundred years. his reforms, much like those three-hundred years before, were intended to correct the errors in the previous constitution. diocletian's specific reforms were less radical than was the reality that he exposed the state of government for what it had been for centuries: monarchy. with diocletian’s reforms the principate was abolished, and a new system, the dominate (latin: "lord" or "master"), was established.
history of the constitution of the late roman empire