In 395 AD, Emperor Theodosius I divided the empire between his two sons, and the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, east and west, and never unified again. In 476, the Germanic Odorak deposed the emperor of the Western Roman Empire, and the Western Roman Empire perished, and European history entered the Middle Ages. In 1204, the fourth Crusade attacked Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (it was not recovered until 126 1). Since then, the Eastern Roman Empire has been devastated. 1453, Sultan Muhammad Ⅱ of the Ottoman Empire led troops to capture Constantinople, and the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) perished.
The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, romulus Augustus or Nipos (exiled, controlled part of the territory and died later).
In AD 4 10, the Germanic Visigoths, regarded by the Romans as barbarians, led by the leader alaric, entered Italy and besieged the city of Rome. With the cooperation of the slaves in the city, they opened the gates and plundered them, and then established the Visigoth Kingdom of the Western Roman Empire. In A.D. 476, the leader of Roman mercenaries, German Odoac, deposed romulus Augustus, the last emperor of Western Rome, and the Western Roman Empire was destroyed. ?
Odoac took control of Italy in 476. Edward gibbon, a historian, put the demise of the Western Roman Empire on September 4, 476 AD, that is, when Romulus Augustus, the western Roman emperor, was forced to abdicate by Odyakwei, or after the death of Emperor Nipos in 480 AD. Due to the great influence of the Roman Empire in European history, Europe entered the Middle Ages when the Western Roman Empire perished in 476 AD.
After 476 years, three governments existed at the same time. The following forces claimed to be the orthodox government of Rome: former exiled emperor Nipos, who controlled Dalmatia until he was killed in 480; Separated from the northern province of Gaul, the governor remained loyal to Rome until he was killed in 487; Rome-Alain Province in North Africa, which surrendered at the same time as the Vandals, did not return to Roman jurisdiction until Byzantium defeated the Vandals in 533 AD.
Constantine Xi, the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
1453 On May 29th, after two years of siege, Muhammad Ⅱ conquered Constantinople (later renamed Istanbul), and the last Byzantine emperor Constantine Xi died heroically. 146 1 year, Trabisson was also occupied by Muhammad Ⅱ. At this point, all Byzantine territories were lost.