I'm certainly not portraying myself as an expert of Roman history, but what I remember from my history classes and the multitude of History Channel episodes on Rome, I believe the main reason was that it was the only way to manage what had become a huge empire. It was simply too large and too involved for one person to effectively control.Diocletian decided that the empire was too big for one person to govern so he split the empire in two and instated a co-emperor.
Diocletian.
rome constantinople
The Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
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.
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Diocletian.
rome constantinople
The Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
Diocletian divided the empire
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.
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By splitting the Empire into four parts, under two emperors and two caesars, to make such a large area in a pre-electronic and pre-mechanical transport era, manageable.
The Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western Rome
There was only one Roman Republic. The Empire divided in two two hundred years later.
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.
It began in 753 B.C. The Roman Empire divided into two factions: The Roman Empire (west) and the Byzantine Empire (East) . The Roman Empire ended in 476 A.D. and the Byzantine Empire, in 1453 A.D.
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