No group of people attempted to restore the western part of the Roman Empire. Justinian I, the emperor of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which, unlike the western part, did not fall. He set out to reconquer the lands lost in the west. He succeeded in retaking Italy, north-western Africa and southern Spain. However, subsequently these lands were lost again.
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Charlemagne united most of Western and Central Europe under the Carolingian Empire, which was the first new empire in Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
After the Roman Empire Collapsed
Charlemagne united most of Western and Central Europe into the Carolingian Empire, centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire. However, the empire crumbled shortly after his death.He is known as 'the Father of Europe'.
He united many of the tribes of central western Europe into a single empire
Rome's centralized government was replaced by the rule of many local kings and nobles.