In previous videos, we talk about how as we exit the fourth century, in the 390s, the Emperor Theodosius, he actually splits the Roman Empire. We already had the city of Constantinople being established as a capital of the empire. That was done by Constantine in 324, the city previously known as Byzantium. But as we enter into the fifth century, there was an official split between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. They were actually governed separately. Now also in other videos, we talk about the eventual fall of the Western Roman Empire. Now one thing to keep in mind, sometimes when we talk about the fall of the West, it somehow implies that there's no governance left or there's no kingdoms left, and nothing could be further from the truth.