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Many Roman armies said their generals emperor, and the legions fought each other, and didn't defend. 50 emperors where named, and less than 20 got to Rome. None died of natural causes. Eventually, a man named Diocletian stopped the violence, and became emperor in 284.
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After Diocletian became ill and died, generals fought to control the empire. Constantine won in 312, and was the emperor.
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Constantine founded his own city in the East to bring up Christianity.
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The Visigoths, a barbarian tribe, were let into the Eastern Empire to escape the Huns, an even more dangerous tribe of barbarians.
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The Goths succesfully defeated Rome. This came as a shock; Rome was called "Eternal Rome". Rome would never be as powerful as it once was.
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The Huns approached the gates of Rome, but the Pope begged for mercy and recieved it.
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Rome eventually fell to the invading Germanic people, and Odoacer, a German, rules Rome
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Diocletian Split the Roman Empire because it was too large for one emperor to rule. It was split into two sections, East and West.
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The refugee Visigoths were being badly treated by the Romans, and in 378, they destroyed a whole Roman army and killed the emperor, Valens. Theodosius, the Emperor, calmed them down in the Balkans.
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When the emperor died, his two weaker sons took over.
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