What term describes the western portion of the Roman Empire after the fall?

• A. Latin West
• B. Eastern Roman Empire
• C. Byzantine Empire
• D. Holy Roman Empire

Answer: (A)

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, historians separate Rome into two remnants: the Western part and the Eastern part. The western portion, which continued with Latin-speaking populations and Roman institutions but in a fragmented, regional form, is described as the Latin West. The eastern remainder carried on as the Eastern Roman Empire, later called the Byzantine Empire, which kept the Greek-speaking, imperial tradition alive in Constantinople. The Holy Roman Empire is a later medieval entity in Central Europe that claimed continuity with Rome but isn’t the immediate post-fall western empire. So the term that best describes the western portion after the fall is the Latin West.