5 Great Generals of the Roman Empire
Five generals who changed the course of the history of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was a great empire in human history that evolved from the Roman Republic, and that was founded by Caesar Augustus who is also known as Octavian. His reign started in 27 BC and ended in 14 AD. Europe, North Africa, Britain, the Middle East, and Western Asia were once under the rule of this vast empire. Although the emperors didn’t all follow similar policies for their rule, expansions, and expeditions, the Roman Empire kept expanding, all the while still occasionally losing regions and provinces. The Roman Empire maintained a vast territory in different eras, across different continents.
Rome was the single capital of the empire for a long time but later on, the great Roman Empire was divided into two halves ruled by different emperors: the Western Roman Empire in Rome and the Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire in Constantinople. In AD 476 following the defeat in the battle of Ravenna, the imperial emblems were sent to Constantinople to preserve the Roman Empire and its continuity in the East. The transfer of all the imperial insignia to Constantinople marked the end of the Western Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire kept making its imprints on the annals of history until its fall at the hands of the…
