The Eastern Empire managed to divert the Visigoths into Italy, thus shoving the problem onto the Western Empire, which responded to this threat by pulling troops from the Rhine frontier. This triggered a pattern of events much like the cycle of anarchy in the third century C.E., only this time, no Aurelian or Diocletian emerged to save the Empire.
Because latitude runs from the equator to one or the other of the poles, 90 degrees. That's one-fourth of a full circle around the globe. Longitude starts at Greenwich, Englanâ¦d and runs, to the west or to the east, to the International Date Line (in the Pacific Ocean), 180 degrees.
The latitude of the North Pole is 90Â° N, and that of the South Pole is 90Â° S. The latitude of every point in between must be some degree north or south, from 0Â° to 90Â°. One degree of latitude covers about 69 miles (111 kilometers). Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. This means one half of the world is measured in degrees of east longitude up to 180Â°, and the other half in degrees of west longitude up to 180Â°. See the diagrams below to understand latitudes and longitudes better.