Rome: The Lost Legion & The Last Equestrian:The Lost Legion

In the latter days of the Roman Empire, the corruption of the Caesars led to the decay of the government. Vast sums of revenues were either diverted or stolen. It weakened the legions in the outer provinces for lack of funding. The conflict between Rome and Constantinopolis (Constantinople) rose into open rebellion. It split the empire in two; the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome and the Eastern Roman Empire, became known as Byzantium, had Constantinople as its capital. The we...