When the roman empire split into two different sections what were they called and what was the capitol of each?

Answer 1

When the empire split into the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire due to differentiating details within the Christian Church, The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was established in the ruins of the ancient city of Byzantium, and renamed Constantinople by the Emperor of the time: Constantine. The capital of the Western Roman Empire remained Rome, but the bulk of political power shifted to Constantinople.

Answer 2

In 293 under the reign of Emperor Diocletian (reigned from 284 - 305), the emperor saw the vast lands the Romans controlled as a logistical nightmare, and decided to carve the Roman Empire into two empires, The Western Roman Empire with it''s capital at Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, with it's capital at Constantinople (bult on the site of an older city called Byzantium).

Answer 3

The Romans Empire was not split into separate sections. In 286 the emperor Diocletian created a co-emperorship and designated Milan (in Italy) as the imperial capital of the western part of the Roman Empire and Nicomedia (in northwestern Turkey) as the imperial capital of the Western part of the Roman Empire. Rome became the nominal capital of the whole empire. West and east were administrative subdivisions of a single empire which, Diocletian stressed, was indivisible. Other subdivisions were some two hundred provinces which were grouped into 12 dioceses.

IN 395 the eastern and western part of the Roman Empire became separated because of circumstances, not because of a decision to split it. It happened because the sons of Theodosius I, Arcadius (who was in charge of the eastern part) and Honorius (who was in charge of the western part) were young and inexperienced and politicians in the two parts of the empire took advantage of this to conspire against each other. Most importantly, the western part soon begun to crumble under the weight of the Germanic invasions and then fell. The eastern part of the empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for another 1,000 years.

Historians have coined the terms Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire. The Romans did not use these terms. The only had one term; Roman Empire. Historians have also coined the term Byzantine Empire to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part.

Answer 4

Diocletian designated Nicomedia (in north-western Turkey) as the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and Milan (in northern Italy) as the imperial capital of the western part in 286. He did not spit the empire in two sections. He created main four administrative divisions called praetorian prefectures. Two of them were in the western part of the empire; Galliae (Gaul, Britannia and Hispania) and Italia et Africa. Two were in the eastern part of the empire; Illyricum (most of south-eastern Europe) and Oriens (southern Romania, Bulgaria, the Roman territories in western Asia and Egypt). Below these the empire was further subdivided into 16 dioceses and about 120 provinces.

Constantine the great transferred his imperial capital from Nicomedia to the nearby Byzantium which he redeveloped and renamed Constantinople (City of Constantine) in 339. In 402 the imperial capital of the western part of the empire was transferred from Milan to Ravenna (also in northern Italy).

Answer 5

The Byzantine or Eastern Empire & their capital was Constantinople.

The Western Empire & its capital was Milan in 286-402 AD and Ravenna in 402-476 AD.

Answer 6

The Byzantine or Eastern Empire & their capital was Constantinople.

The Western Empire & its capital was Milan in 286-402 AD and Ravenna in 402-476 AD.

Answer 7

East Rome and West Rome.

Answer 8

yes.