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The emperor the romans were looking for was diocletian who took power in the 200s. convinced that the empire was too big for one person to rule, diocletian divided the empire. he ruled the eastern half of the empire and named a co-emperor to rule the west.

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Not long after Diocletian left power, Emperor constantine reunited the two halves of the roman empire for a short time. constantine also moved the empire's capital to the east into what is now turkey. He built a grand new capital city there. The new capital was called constantinople which means " the city of constantine." Although the empire, rome was no longer the real seat of power. power had moved to the east.

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The romans fought desperately to keep the goths away from rome. They also paid the goths not to attacks them. for many years this strategy worked. In 408, however, the romans stopped making payments. This made the goths furious. Despite the romans' best efforts to defend their city, the goths sacked, or destroyed,rome in 410.

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by the 480s a frankish king named clovis had built a huge kingdom in gaul. clovis a christian, was one of the most powerful of all the german kings.

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meanwhile, the huns, under a new leader named attila raided roman territory in the east. Attila was a brilliant leader and a very scary enemy. here is one description that shows why he was so terrifying.

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political crises also contributed to the decline. By the 400s corruption, the decay of people's values, had become widespread in rome's government. corrupt officials used threats and bribery to achieve their goals, often ignoring the needs of romans citizens. because of officials like these, rome's government was no longer as efficient as it had been in the past.