Throughout the centuries of imperial expansion, decline, and fall, Italy took a back seat as the realm of power moved with the armies away from Rome, east to Byzantium and to the north as far as Gaul or Germany.
The empire expanded as far north as Germany.
mnli hypothesis: The empire expanded as far north as Germany. premise: Throughout the centuries of imperial expansion, decline, and fall, Italy took a back seat as the realm of power moved with the armies away from Rome, east to Byzantium and to the north as far as Gaul or Germany.