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What Emperor realized the Roman Empire was too large for one person to govern?

Diocletian realized the Roman Empire was too large for one person to govern.


Why was the roman empire so big?

The Roman Empire was so big that there were a lot of different people with different cultures living in it. The Roman Empire was a very big empire with its capital in Rome, ruled by an emperor. Roman Empire, political system established by Rome that lasted for nearly five centuries. War victory and a society with a large slave work force was the reason why the Roman empire got so large.


Why do lists of Roman Emperors have names and dates for emperors who ruled after the fall of Rome?

After Rome was sacked in 410 AD, the Roman Empire continued to exist. After Rome fell in 476, the Roman Empire continued to exist. It continued to exist, according to the Byzantines, until 1453, a date used by some historians as the end of the middle ages. During much of its history, the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, the Empire of the West, with a capital usually in Rome, and the Empire of the East, with a capital in Constantinople. What happened in 476, a date some historians use for the fall of the Roman Empire, was that the last emperor of the Empire of the West abdicated in favor of the emperor of the Empire of the East. This mean that in theory, at least, the empire was reunited. What really happened was that the Roman Empire of the West had been divided into kingdoms that mostly acknowledged the sovereignty of the Roman Empire, but were in fact not paying taxes or providing services. This had happened before 476, and the process continued. But people thought of themselves as being in the Roman Empire for a long time after that. When Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the West, the idea was that the Roman Empire of the West was getting a new emperor after not having one for 334 years. Charlemagne's empire, the Carolingian Empire, divided after his death. One large part became France, and the other became the Holy Roman Empire, which was called a Roman Empire because it regarded itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire. The legality and facts of that can be argued. But the continuation of the East Roman Empire cannot be dismissed so easily. The East Roman Empire, which we call the Byzantine Empire, but which called itself the Empire of the Roman People long after its people stopped using Latin for any purpose and only used Greek, went on for nearly 1000 years. The emperors who are listed as having dates after the fall of Rome are those who were emperors of the Roman Empire, in its capitol of Constantinople, which had been set up as a capital by Constantine the Great himself.


How did you become the Roman Emperor?

Ideally you became the Roman emperor by being designated as heir by the previous emperor. However, many men grabbed power by the murder of their predecessor and large bribes to the praetorian guard.


Why was Holy Roman Empire created?

The precedent of the Holy Roman Empire was the Carolingian empire established by Charlemagne in 800. This empire covered France, Italy and Germany, which at the time included Holland, Luxembourg, eastern France, Switzerland, Austria, and Bohemia (the Czech Republic). This empire ended in 888 when the Carolingian dynasty died out. In Germany there was lack of unity and a lot of fighting between the princes. France broke away and Italy came under the control of other rulers. Henry I the Fowler managed to restore royal control over Germany. His son Otto I strengthened central control in Germany. In 961 he conquered Italy and restored the old empire minus France. He was crowned emperor by the pope and named himself Holy Roman Emperor, modelling himself on Charlemagne who had been given the title of Roman Emperor. His empire was called Holy Roman Empire.

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What emperor realized the Roman Empire was to large for one person to govern?

Diocletian realized the Roman Empire was too large for one person to govern.


What Emperor realized the Roman Empire was too large for one person to govern?

Diocletian realized the Roman Empire was too large for one person to govern.


Diocletian realized this empire was too large for one person to rule.?

Rome It's Roman not Rome!


Why do the Roman Empire was divided in two?

The Roman Empire had become too large to be ruled by one emperor by the third century (this was one of the causes of the Crisis of the Third Century). It was divided, by Emperor Diocletian, into a tetrarchy. This tetrarchy was then dissolved in favor of an Eastern and Western Roman Empire.


Why was the roman empire so big?

The Roman Empire was so big that there were a lot of different people with different cultures living in it. The Roman Empire was a very big empire with its capital in Rome, ruled by an emperor. Roman Empire, political system established by Rome that lasted for nearly five centuries. War victory and a society with a large slave work force was the reason why the Roman empire got so large.


Who was the byzantine emperor who reconquered many roman lands?

The emperor Aurelian (reigned 270-275) reunited the Roman Empire by defeating two breakaway parts of the empire which had seceded. These were the Palmyrene Empire (260-273, Syria large parts of Turkey, Palestine and Egypt) and the Gallic Empire (260-274, Britannia, Gallia, Germania and, initially, Hispania).


Who thought the roman empire was too large and divided into four parts?

The emperor Diocletian was the one who divided the empire into four parts in order to make it easier to govern.


Why did the Roman Empire have to divide their empire?

I think its because That Constantine thought it would be too hard for 1 emperor to rule by himself so he divided the empire into two and sent one of his loyal servants to go rule the western part of Rome.


Where was the Roman empire founded?

The Roman Empire had large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first Roman emperor, Augustus.


What is necessary to have when a roman empire is large?

It is necessary to have a strong military force with a large empire.


Who was the Roman emperor?

There were emperors in the western part of the Roman empire from 27 BC to 476 AD and emperors in the eastern part of the Roman empire until 1,453 . Up to the fall of the western part of the Roman empire there were 175 emperors. After that there were 89 more emperor. This gives a total of 264 emperors. Therefore, there was a large number of emperors in charge of the Roman army. The number of generals was even higher.


What happened to the roman empire when it entered the dark ages?

The short story is that the West Roman Empire was destroyed by Germanic Tribes, who set up their own kingdoms, and the East Roman Empire survived for another thousand years, until it was destroyed in 1453. The Roman Empire was divided for administrative purposes under Diocletian in 293. In the following years, it reunited and redivided several times. Its last division happened in 395, when Emperor Theodosius died. This left the West Roman Empire and the East Roman Empire. The West Roman Empire was invaded by a number of large armies of Germanic tribes, including Visigoths, Vandals, Franks, and others. These set up kingdoms of their own, and the power of the West Roman Empire declined rapidly. According to our history books, the Dark Ages began in 476, when the last emperor of the West Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed. Even this is not all that clearly true. Julius Nepos, who preceded Romulus Augustulus, was still in power in some places until he died in 480. The people who deposed Romunus Augustulus went to the Emperor of the East Roman Empire, and said they no longer needed a separate emperor. So, in theory, the Roman Empire was reunited in 476. The truth is, the only thing the East got out of the deal was Italy, and it did not have any firm hold on that. Soon, Italy was invaded and taken by Ostrogoths, and the East Roman Empire lost all its possessions in the West. Emperor Justinian I organized invasions of the West in the early 6th century. He took over the Roman possessions in Africa, Italy, and part of Spain. But the situation went into decline again when he died. The East Roman Empire of this period is called the Byzantine Empire by our historians, and it endured, flowering at one time and declining at others, until 1453. The institutions of the West Roman Empire did not simply go away in 476. The Roman Senate kept meeting for a long time. We have records of their actions as late as 603, but they may have continued. Schools that existed under the Roman Empire sometimes were able to continue operation in the Dark Ages. The University of Salerno can trace its origins to a set of medical schools that moved to Salerno because of the Germanic invasions. One School in Wales that was opened under Emperor Theodosius, while the Roman Empire was still united, was finally closed by King Henry VIII, in the Renaissance. When Charlemagne was crowned emperor, it was an attempt to revive the West Roman Empire, so he was called Emperor of the Roman People. Empress Irene, who was the monarch of the Byzantine Empire of the time (which was the continuation of the old Roman Empire) was not amused. Charlemagne's empire was divided by his son's heirs, but there was an attempt to revive even that, again called the Roman Empire, but this time it changed its name to the Holy Roman Empire. It continued until it was destroyed by Napoleon. There are still people around today who claim to be the rightful heirs to the throne of the Roman Empire.