Divorce and Decline: The Division of East and West Roman Empires

The Roman Empire was split again in 395 AD upon the death of Theodosius I, Roman Emperor in Constantinople, never again to be made whole. He divided the provinces up into east and west, as it had been under Diocletian’s tetrarchy over a century earlier, between his two sons, Arcadius and Honorius. The Western Roman … Continue reading Divorce and Decline: The Division of East and West Roman Empires