roman empire came first, not republic.
what came first the roman empire or republic?
roman empire
bullet::::- roman republic (509 bc – 27 bc), the period of the ancient roman civilization when its government operated as a republic.





























bullet::::- roman empire (27 bc-395 ad before division)





























bullet::::- the two administrative divisions of the empire during the "late" imperial period:





























bullet::::- eastern roman empire (395–1453), or the byzantine empire, the eastern half of the roman empire, juridically simply the "roman empire" after 480 ad.





























bullet::::- trapezuntine empire (1204-1461), one of the three claimant successor states to byzantium after the sacking of constantinople





























bullet::::- despotate of epirus (1205-1377, 1356-1479), another of the three claimant successor states to byzantium
roman empire (disambiguation)
the roles of the domestici in the roman empire evolved during the late empire. from 330 ad to 474 ad they were given a variety of functions depending on whatever they were assigned to. many held positions as generals and even elevated to become emperors if they gained enough notability. constantius chlorus was a domesticus that after many successful military campaigns became one of the joint emperors of the roman empire with maximian. many of the notable domestici of the roman empire existed around the time period which the roman empire was splitting into its eastern and western halves. many of diocletian successors mirrored his successes because they to after many military successes gained a lot of notability and took the throne as emperor from the sitting emperor but many of them didn't have long reigns because how unstable the western roman empire was. these emperors were the ones that did realize because of their military experiences that it was not possible to sustain the size of the late roman empire leading to them continuing diocletian’s idea to have it separated into the eastern and western halves. this cycle of instability and military rule in the western roman empire continued until its fall in 476, and zeno the last emperor of the eastern roman empire and the first emperor of the byzantine empire where he ruled from august in 476 until his death in april 491.
domesticus (roman empire)