The fall of the Roman Empire is still an important topic at present because it marked a turning point in western history.
The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, while the Eastern Roman Empire fell in 1453 AD, almost a thousand years later. That's not what I call 'shortly'...
Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire was created in 1992.
The Byzantine Empire is what the Eastern Roman Empire was later named.
Otto I created the (Medieval) Roman Empire, which was later called the Holy Roman Empire.
None , Alexander preceded the Roman Empire which came later .
One aspect of the "old Roman Empire" that was carried on to the new eastern Roman empire, which became the Byzantine Empire was the standard of written laws. This was an important feature of the old Roman republic and later when the republic was a shell of its former self. Generally referred to as the Roman Empire, there were still written laws.The governing office of Emperor also was carried on.
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At the time of Daniel the Roman Empire did not exist. It developed later in history.
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Through most of their history the ancient Romans had their own religion: Roman Religion. In the Later Empire Christianity spread in the Roman Empire, was endorsed by the Roman emperors and became state religion.
At the time of the Roman Empire the church of the eastern part of the empire was called Eastern or Greek. Later it came to be called Orthodox.
John Bagnell Bury was a historian known for his works on the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, and Greek history. Some of his notable books include "A History of Greece" and "History of the Later Roman Empire."