Roman Empire Question???

Question

As the Roman Empire began falling apart, it split into two separate sections. What were these two areas called??? What was the capital city for each???

Answer 1

The empire was just so large Rome alone couldn't handle it all so it was split into Western Roman empire with the capital still in Rome. and the Eastern Roman empire with the capital in Constantinople.

Answer 2

Not too difficult. It didn't 'split"; the emperors in question decided to adopt two capitals, at about the same time they adopted a co-emperorto assist each one, to try to rule a huge territory.
The two parts were called the "Western Empire", ruled from Rome, Italy, and The "Eastern Empire", ruled from Byzantium, later Constaninople.