If you are referring to the Roman Empire, no one split it into two pieces or two parts. The emperor Diocletian divided it into four parts which was called the tetrarchy. It was later historians that gave the false impression that the empire was split.
If you are referring to the Roman empire, no one split it into two pieces or two parts. The emperor Diocletian divided it into four parts which was called the tetrarchy. It was later historians that gave the false impression that the empire was split.
No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.No emperor declared that the empire should be split into two parts. It was historians that made the distinction in order to avoid confusion.
The Russian Empire and the British empire
The eastern part of the Roman empire became known as the Byzantine empire.
eastern and western
Constantine
Constantine
The Roman Empire split into two pieces, the Western Empire whose capitol was still in Rome, and the Eastern with its capitol in Constantinople, modern Istanbul.
It became easier to govern.
Once the Roman Empire split in two, the Holy Roman Empire created the Vatican.
There has never been a Roman emperor who was split in two. If you mean the Roman empire, that too, was never split. The terms Western and Eastern regarding the Roman empire was/is a devise used by historians in their writings so that their readers are able to understand them more clearly. When the western part of the empire fell, the empire continued despite the loss of its western territories. The closest that the empire ever came to being "split" was when Diocletian divided it into four areas with his two Caesars and two Augusti, which were supposed to make the vast Roman territory easier to rule.
Well you have not told us which Empire you are asking about or what "it" was. However, as the British Empire was the largest in history, it is probable that whatever "it" was it split from the British Empire.