Title: Constantine and the Fall of Rome - Mr. Dowling.com
Headings: Constantine and the Fall of Rome
Constantine and the Fall of Rome
Constantine and the Fall of Rome
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Content: The emperor renamed the city “Constantinople," which means “city of Constantine." advertisement
Roman civilization survived for centuries in Constantine’s eastern empire, while Rome and the empire’s western provinces fell to the Germanic invaders. Historians refer to the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire included parts of modern Greece, Serbia and Turkey. The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453, when it fell to Turkish warriors. The Turks brought their faith in Islam to Constantinople and converted many Byzantine churches to mosques. Constantinople is now known as Istanbul, Turkey. While the empire continued in the east, the city of Rome was under attack. Visigoth warriors overran “the Eternal City" in 410CE. One of them, named Odoacer, made himself emperor of Rome in 476.