The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from ... making it enormous and really one of the architectural marvels of the ancient world, he not only increased enormously the religious ...

Following the death of Theodosius I in 395, the entire Roman world split in half: the Western Roman Empire—centering on the new imperial capitals of Milan and Ravenna—and the Eastern Roman ...

The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire ... corners of the empire are “entirely becoming for a man who once possessed the world.” ...