Why Didnt The Eastern Roman Empire Fall When the Roman Empire disintegrated over the course of the fifth century, only half of it actually fell, the western half. The eastern half of the Roman Empire would survive in one form or another for a thousand years. The Empire had always included a tremendous amount of ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity within its borders. Since it stretched from the Sahara to the North Sea and Britain to Arabia, thats only to be expected. The greatest split, however, was between the Greek speaking east and the Latin speaking west.
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