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The Roman Empire endured and even expanded for hundreds of years after John's day.  In 330 C.E. Emperor Constantine move his capital from Rome  to Byzantinum, which he renamed Constantinople.  In 395 C.E., the Roman empire was split into Eastern and Western parts.  In 410 C.E. Rome itself to Alaric, king of the Visigoths (a Germanic tribe that had converted to the Arian brand of "Christianity).  Germanic tribes) (also "Christian") conquered Spain and much of the territory of Rome in North Africa.  There were centuries of upheaval, unrest, and readustment in Europe. Notable emperors arose in the West, such as Charlemagne, who fored an alliance with Pope Leo III in the 9th century, and Frederick II, who reigned in the 13th century. But their domain, though named the Holy Roman Empire , was much smaller than that of the earlier Roman Empire as its zenith. It was more of a restoration or  continuation of this ancient power than a new empire.

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