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Roman Empire Division Timeline Game

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In this interactive timeline game, players will explore the division of the Roman Empire into East and West in 286 AD.

  • The Diocletian Reforms established the concept of the Tetrarchy, dividing the empire into two halves.
  • Constantine the Great reunified the empire briefly before permanently dividing it into East and West.

Game Details: a timeline game where you place events in their correct chronological order

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  • 286 AD: Diocletian becomes Roman Emperor and divides the empire into East and West
  • 306 AD: Constantine becomes Roman Emperor of the West
  • 324 AD: Constantine defeats Licinius and becomes sole ruler of the Roman Empire
  • 330 AD: Constantinople becomes the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
  • 379 AD: Theodosius I becomes Roman Emperor of the East
  • 394 AD: Theodosius I defeats the Western usurper Eugenius and reunites the empire
  • 395 AD: Theodosius I dies, leaving his two sons Arcadius and Honorius as emperors of the East and West respectively
  • 410 AD: Alaric and the Visigoths sack Rome
  • 439 AD: Constantinople becomes the sole capital of the Roman Empire
  • 476 AD: Romulus Augustulus is deposed by Odoacer, marking the end of the Western Roman Empire
  • 476 AD: The Eastern Roman Empire continues to exist as the Byzantine Empire
  • 527 AD: Justinian I becomes Byzantine Emperor and embarks on a campaign to reconquer the Western territories
  • 553 AD: Justinian I recaptures Italy and North Africa
  • 565 AD: The Byzantine Empire reaches its greatest territorial extent under Justinian I
  • 6th century AD: The Byzantine Empire begins to decline due to external invasions and internal strife
  • 7th century AD: The Arab conquests begin, leading to the loss of Byzantine territories in the Middle East and North Africa
  • 751 AD: The Byzantine Empire loses control of Italy to the Lombards
  • 9th century AD: The Byzantine Empire experiences a revival under the Macedonian dynasty
  • 13th-15th century AD: The Byzantine Empire begins to decline again due to the Fourth Crusade and the rise of the Ottoman Turks

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