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Philosophers whose work influenced the Enlightenment included Bacon and Descartes. The major figures of the Enlightenment included Beccaria, Baruch Spinoza, Diderot, Kant, Hume, Rousseau and Adam Smith. After the Revolution, the Enlightenment was followed by the intellectual movement known as Romanticism.
So the listed philosophers influenced the Enlightenment.
The factor that is not considered a factor of decline is the reunification of the Roman empire. During Diocletian’s rule, it was created a <em>tetrarchy</em> - a form of government that divides power between four individuals, two rulers in the east and two rulers in the west - Galerius and Constantinus. The Tetrarchy made the government gain control again of the Roman empire for some time, but later it turned into a confusion because of the <em>lack of a single authority</em>. When Constantine came to power - he inherited the West Empire from his father, the tetrarchy was abolished, and the Roman empire again was unified under a single ruler - Constantine.