Assertion: empire's region | /r/Causes | the roman empire
Facets:
value: to splinter
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: During 259–272, the region fell under the rule of Odaenathus as King of the Palmyrene Empire after the capture of Emperor Valerian by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa caused the Roman Empire to splinter until Aurelian defeated the Palmyrenes at the Battle of Emesa (Homs).[citation needed]