The Roman state prospered for two-and-a-half-centuries after Augustus stabilized the internal political situation and addressed the needs of the empire with an ambitious program of reforms. ... The Roman empire was split in two. ... This governmental system brought many changes to the cities that were once part of the Roman Empire. ... In the time of the feudalism and the decentralized government, church was the only unifying factor in Europe, but it did nothing to promote the urbanization that prevailed in Roman times. ... When the government was broken and decentralized, cities fell. ...

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Emperor Justinian I, sometimes known as "Justinian the Great" or by his Latin name Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustiniaus Augustus, was a Byzantine (East Roman) emperor from 525-565. He was a brilliant emperor who when his reign began, territories that had once belonged to the Roman Empire were lost and he is now remembered today as one of the last true Roman emperor by historians because of his military campaigns that sought to bring these historically Roman territories back under the rule of the Empire. He was also known as the last roman emperor who spoke Latin as a first language a...

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