The East has safely weathered the storm of barbarian migration, often by diverting them into the West. As a result, new trade networks and fiscal reforms fill its coffers, all run by a centralised bureaucracy and a powerful state church. The new administrative centre at Constantinople has allowed the Eastern Romans to replace the antiquated systems throttling the economy and enfeebling Rome’s Emperors. “The division of the Roman Empire has unshackled the East, allowing it to take control of the Roman world.”
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