World History › Section H · Empires of faith › Topic H.1
The eastward shift of late antiquity
Between the third and sixth centuries the Roman Empire was rebuilt around a Christian emperor and a new capital in the east, while its western half broke into kingdoms. This topic follows that shift and the debate over whether Rome fell or transformed.
In this topic
- What historians mean by late antiquity
- The crisis of the third century
- Diocletian and the tetrarchy
- Constantine
- Worked example: reading the Arch of Constantine
- A new capital in the east
- Emperors and the Church
- Goths, Huns and Vandals
- Two halves, two fates
- Worked example: why did the West fall but not the East?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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