The Fall of the Roman Empire (jan 1, 395 – jan 1, 476)
Description:
1. Rome fell because of a number of military losses against Germanic Barbarians from just outside the Empire’s borders.2. The fall of the Roman Empire refers to the Western Empire, and the Eastern Empire survived in some form until 1453
3. Some historians believe that the decision to split the empire into a Western and Eastern empire began the fall of Rome
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Date:
jan 1, 395
jan 1, 476
~ 81 years