Compare and contrast the challenges that faced the western and eastern parts of the Roman Empire. How did each part of the empire respond to those challenges?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Both had expansionist neighbors: the Huns in the West, and the Persians in the East.
b. In the West, the military aggression of the Huns pushed the Visigoths to seek refuge in the Roman Empire.
c. The Visigoths would later rebel and eventually take over the city of Rome.
d. In an effort to regain the city, Roman authorities moved soldiers from the borders to Rome.
e. However, this left the borders vulnerable. Eventually, Germanic tribes would enter the empire with little resistance.
f. In the East, war with Persia ended in a stalemate.
g. War with Persia weakened the empire. The empire eventually lost control over the western Mediterranean.
h. However, in contrast to the empire in the West, the empire in the East did not collapse.
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