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| | * [[Alexander Severus]] ruled from 222 to 235 | | * [[Alexander Severus]] ruled from 222 to 235 |
| | * Internal Turmoil | | * Internal Turmoil |
| − | * [[Gordianus]] ruled 238 to 244 | + | * Gordianus ruled 238 to 244 |
| | * Turmoil 244 to 268 | | * Turmoil 244 to 268 |
| | * [[Claudius II]] ruled 268 to 270 | | * [[Claudius II]] ruled 268 to 270 |
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| | * [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus]] ruled from 275 to 276 | | * [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus]] ruled from 275 to 276 |
| | * [[Probus]] ruled from 276 to 281 | | * [[Probus]] ruled from 276 to 281 |
| − | * [[Carus]] ruled from 281 to 283 | + | * Carus ruled from 281 to 283 |
| | * Co-emperors and fighting 283 to 285 | | * Co-emperors and fighting 283 to 285 |
| | * [[Diocletian]] ruled from 285 to 305 | | * [[Diocletian]] ruled from 285 to 305 |
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| | The final emperor to rule a united Western and Eastern Roman Empire was [[Theodosius I]] the Great ''(379-395)'', who made Christianity the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. | | The final emperor to rule a united Western and Eastern Roman Empire was [[Theodosius I]] the Great ''(379-395)'', who made Christianity the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. |
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| − | After the death of Theodosius, the Roman Empire was now more or less permanently divided into Eastern and Western sections. The Western section ended with the deposition of the child [[Romulus Augustulus]] (a puppet of his father [[Orestes]]) by his general, the Germanic chieftain [[Odoacer]], in 476. However, the Eastern Roman Empire continued as the [[Byzantine Empire]] until [[Constantine XI]] died in 1453, in the [[fall of Constantinople]] to the Ottoman Turks. | + | After the death of Theodosius, the Roman Empire was now more or less permanently divided into Eastern and Western sections. The Western section ended with the deposition of the child [[Romulus Augustulus]] (a puppet of his father [[Orestes]]) by his general, the Germanic chieftain [[Odoacer]], in 476. However, the Eastern Roman Empire continued as the [[Byzantine Empire]] until [[Constantine XI]] died in 1453, in the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. |
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| | ==Roman Engineering== | | ==Roman Engineering== |