The Fall of the Roman Empire

In the year 610 A.D. the Roman Empire had reduced to only that area east of Pannonia and the transition from a Pagan culture to a Christian culture was one in which the continuity of the empire was virtually nonexistent. We can follow these difficulties from the early migrations to Justinian’s quest for one God for the empire. In the beginning, the Roman Empire ruled by an extraordinary military and the subsequent expansion which …

…coupled with the political changes in the west and cultural changes throughout point that no true continuity consisted in the Roman Empire in the year of phoca’s execution. Although we find an emperor who felt he had the responsibility to restore the empire, Justinian’s reforms is a period in the past that has brought historical significance in the fact that it has proven to be the point of no return for the empire.