In the beginning, the Roman Empire ruled by an extraordinary military and the subsequent expansion which could continually finance the empire's many endeavors. This trend seemed to last until the third century. The Macomannian Wars put an end to expansion and produced disorganization in the political system. In addition to these problems, a manpower shortage, caused by both the lack of expansion and disease, hurt the economic status of the empire.

Diocletian took control of the empire through a military coup in 284 A.D. He immediately recognized the need for the division of the vast empire. Diocletian divided the empire into halves and developed a tetrarchy to rule the two regions. This, however, did not solve the problem of succession and after his retirement in 305 A.D. war ensued once again.

Constantine took control in 324 A.D. He immediately reorganized the military structure in that he rem

Also during this time, the Franks began their invasion into the territories of the empire. Although they were a fragmented group and had many previous rebellions put down they eventually seemed to settle and be somewhat accepted by the Gallo-Roman elites due to their conversion to Christianity between the years 496 and 499 along with heir ethno genesis enabling them to live suitably with the Romans.

Tiberius II became emperor upon Justin II's concession due to insanity. He gained the advantage over the Persians with the help of his military advisor, Maurice, however, he could not halt the continual Danubian invasion of the Slavs. Maurice was names emperor in 582.

Maurice was forced to deal with the problem of a failed economy and this led to a military rebellion in the year 588. Maurice managed to both put down this rebellion and make an alliance with Persia, even though trouble continued with the penetration of the Avars all the way to Constantinople. This was short lived in the in 602 a second military rebellion sprang up and Phocus overthrew Maurice. This action let to war with the Persian empire once again and one quickly finds Phocus to be an incompetent ruler who lasts a mere eight years as emperor.

In an attempt to achieve harmony within the empire, these people were given the same rights as the Romans. This becomes quite a situation in the attitudes of the Roman population and was addressed by Synessius in the year 399 A.D. Romans feared the fact that Goths were becoming quite prevalent within the Roman military.

Upon Theodoric's victory in Ravanna, he was recognized as emperor of the West. This appointment would cause much turmoil in the coming years in that the Gallo-Romans would not allow Theodoric to appoint his son heir to him. He viewed this as persecution due to Catholic beliefs. When the apparent heir to theodoric, his grandson, died the East invaded the West.

Another group of importance was the Anglo-Saxons. Like the Lombard's, they brought with them a Germanic form of government. Their establishment was made possible by many actions. Although once under strict Roman rule, Britain

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