Western Empire
THE, a portion of the Roman empire, consisting of Italy, Illyricumma papir Africa, which Valentinian I. reserved imperial authority with his brother Va Emperor of the East, and whose terri- Emperor of the East, and whose terriries comprised the E. half of the Balfor himself when in 364 he shared the tories kan Peninsula, Greece, Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor, as far as Persia. This partition of the Roman empire became divided the Roman world between his two sons, Honorius, who became Emperor of Rome and the West, and Arcadius, who became Emperor of Constantinople and the East. The Western Empire terminated in 476. See BYZANTINE EMPIRE: ROME.
WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE, a coeducational institution in Westmins- WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE, ter, Md.; founded in 1867 under the auspices of the Methodist Protestant Church; reported at the close of 1919:
Professors and instructors, 23; students, 275; president, Rev. T. H. Lewis, D. D., Professors and instructors, 23; students, LL. D.