The Roman Empire had grown too large and the west seemed to be more of a poor burden rather than the central and rich core of the empire as it used to be. The eastern part of the Empire was booming with trade and wealth and at the end of the second century A.D. Emperor Diocletian chose to divide the Roman Empire into the Western and Eastern Roman empire, but what were the real causes for this great divide and what became the consequences?
Plan:
Why did it happen?
Explain the division.
Hierarchy: The Tetrarchy.
305 A.D. Emperors resign.
306 A.D Constantius dies.
The rise of Constantine.
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