Matthew Avitabile

4 days ago | thecollector.com | Matthew Avitabile

As the Roman Empire fell into serious decline in the 5th century, there were several attempts to restore Roman power amid the invasion of outside groups and social problems. The Emperor Majorian came close to reconnecting the Roman Empire in the middle of the 5th century, coming up just short of restoring Roman power throughout the Mediterranean Sea. His failure signaled the last major effort to keep Rome together before its fall in 476 CE.

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The emergence of Timur, often known as Tamerlane, represented the last major nomadic empire that stretched across much of what is today Asia and the Middle East. His empire nearly rivaled that of the Mongols nearly two centuries prior. Much of the mass of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East were united under the Mongol Empire by Genghis Khan and his successors.

2 months ago | thecollector.com | Matthew Avitabile

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, popular discontent, foreign war, and a plague all combined to bring his dream of reestablishing Roman glory to an end, despite remarkable successes. Rome by Another NameThe fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE proved to be one of the most striking turning points in history.

2 months ago | thecollector.com | Matthew Avitabile

The victory of Emperor Constantine during a civil war allowed for some of the most dramatic events in Roman history. The emperor’s tale of divine intervention at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge proved to be the key event in the legalization of Christianity and its subsequent adoption by the empire. The days of the Pax Romana were well over during the decades of instability and conflict that marked the Crisis of the Third Century.