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5th Century Ce
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The 5th Century CE spans the years 401 through 500 CE's, a period characterized in traditional historiography as the terminal phase of the Western Roman Empire and a significant era of demographic and religious restructuring across Eurasia. Politically, this century witnessed the effective decentralization of imperial power in the West/), often masked by the elevation of puppet emperors or transient military strongmen. Culturally, it is not…
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5th Century Ce
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Western Political Dissolution and Successor States
The defining feature of the 5th century in the West/) was the accelerating loss of centralized administrative control by the emperors residing in Ravenna. While the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)) maintained relative fiscal and military stability, the West/) experienced a rapid succession of mi…