Editing Ancient history (section)

====Late antiquity====
{{Main|Late antiquity}}
[[File:Invasions of the Roman Empire 1.png|thumb|upright=1.4|The [[Migration Period|Age of Migrations]] in Europe was deeply detrimental to the late [[Roman Empire]].]]

The Roman Empire underwent considerable social, cultural and organisational change starting with reign of [[Diocletian]], who began the custom of splitting the empire into eastern and [[Western Roman Empire|western]] halves ruled by multiple emperors.{{sfn|Parker|2017|pp=110–111}} [[Constantine the Great]] initiated the process of [[Christianization|Christianisation]] of the empire and established a new capital at [[Constantinople]].{{sfn|Parker|2017|p=112}} [[Migration Period|Migrations]] of [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]] disrupted Roman rule from the late 4th century onwards, culminating in the eventual [[Decline of the Roman Empire|collapse of the empire in the West]] in 476, replaced by the so-called [[Germanic monarchy|barbarian kingdoms]].{{sfn|Hart-Davis|2012|pp=150–151}} The resultant cultural fusion of [[Greco-Roman world|Greco-Roman]], Germanic and Christian traditions formed the cultural foundations of Europe. There has been attempt by scholars to connect European late antiquity to other areas in Eurasia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Humphries |first=Mark |date=2017 |title=Late Antiquity and World History |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sla.2017.1.1.8 |journal=Studies in Late Antiquity |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=8–37 |doi=10.1525/sla.2017.1.1.8 |issn=2470-2048}}</ref>