Peter Heather
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Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
Albania is part of the East, but Serbia would be part of the West.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
And Libya, somewhere in Libya?
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
Libya is East Tripolitania, so Tripoli, that's West.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
And they don't operate completely as two different states.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
This is a myth that some of my colleagues put around.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
Emperors pass laws for both halves of the empire.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
It's not easy.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
There's lots of conflict.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
So one form of internal conflict is replacing your emperor in East or West.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
The other form of conflict is occasional head-on civil wars between East and West.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
It makes it impossible for an unravelling of the system in terms of geographical fragments emerging to independence.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
You can't do it.