... has remained a vital question because each age has seen in the tale of Rome's fall, something significant and relevant to its own situation. " Some of the main and more accepted explanations for the fall of Rome include the economic collapse of the Empire, the decay of the once strong and dominating military, the division of the Empire that had grown to large and the poor Emperors that ... was growing to big for him to look after. So he decided that he was going to make a vital and important change in his Empire. He divided the country into two parts electing another emperor to take ove...

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... in response to Urban II's call for the First Crusade. Alexius must have been surprised by the visit due to the nature of the two men's past history. Bohemond and his father Robert Guiscard had waged war against the Byzantine Empire in both Italy and the Balkans. He ... tale about a certain "Baumundus Gigas," and who evidently considered the name for his own giant son. The nickname lasted and eventually supplanted the baptismal name altogether."3 The roots of his name proved true in his earliest years of conquest after taking control of the Norman forces during his father's leave of ......

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