The Eastern Empire managed to divert the Visigoths into Italy, thus shoving the problem onto the Western Empire, which responded to this threat by pulling troops from the Rhine frontier. This triggered a pattern of events much like the cycle of anarchy in the third century C.E., only this time, no Aurelian or Diocletian emerged to save the Empire.
Because latitude runs from the equator to one or the other of the poles, 90 degrees. That's one-fourth of a full circle around the globe. Longitude starts at Greenwich, Englanâ¦d and runs, to the west or to the east, to the International Date Line (in the Pacific Ocean), 180 degrees.
Lesson Summary. Latitude is the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator in degrees. A latitude of zero degrees is on the Equator of the Earth. Ninety degrees north is the North Pole, and 90 degrees south is the South Pole. Longitude is the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England. With these two numbers, any point on the Earth's surface can be located.