a topic of great controversy. Although his conscious may have led him, many believe it was more his understanding that Christianity could help unify the empire.
             The aforementioned bureaucratic changes led to a failure in local administration. The lack of a local tax structure eventually became a deterrent to serving in local administration and subsequently these roles and their elite status were taken over by the bishops of the Christian church.
             In the last half of the fourth century the Gothic empires began to invade the Roman Empire. This became quite apparent at the Battle of Adrianople, where the Goths defeated the Romans. This group, the Visigoths, proceeded to Constantinople but were met with peaceful relations by the emper
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