THE DIVISION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

DIFFICULTIES OF ONE EMPIRE

• Managing large area
• Financial strain.

SOLUTION: SPLIT

• Diocletian split empire
• East and West
• Constantine

THE EAST

• Capital: Byzantine/Constantinople
• First Ruler: Constantine
• Language: Greek
• Eastern Orthodox Church

THE WEST

• Capital: Rome
• Leader After Split: Maximian
• Language: Latin
• Roman Catholic Church

THE SEPARATION

• Intended to still be one unit
• Language barrier
• Distrust
• Religious differences

WORKS CITED

• rome.mrdonn.org/twoempires.html
• www.international-relations.com/History/Fall-of-Roman-Empire.pdf
• en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire
• www.ancient.eu.com/Byzantine_Empire/