Byzantine Empire Politics and government To 527 (Geographic Name)

Work cat.: Clauss, M. Der magister officiorum in der Spätantike, 1980.

Britannica 14 (After the death of Constantine, the Great, the Roman Empire was ruled by co-emperors in the East and West, following Diocletian's experiment. Gradually the Germanic invasions overwhelmed the West, and the tensions between East and West grew, verging on hostility. After the revolution in 476 by Odoacer in the West, an Italian kingdom under the nominal supremacy of the emperor at Constantinople was established. Justinian I, the Great (527-565) restored the fortunes of the Eastern Empire and made sweeping reforms)