The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian†groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders
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The beginning of the middle ages, the divisions of the area of the empire into separate kingdoms, the fights of the Romans of the East against the Vandals in Africa, the Visigoths in Spain and the Ostrogoths in Italy, the Lombard invasion of Italy. Eventually it lead to the Carolingian Empire and the rise of feudalism.
When the western part of the Roman Empire fell, the so-called barbarian tribes encroached upon Europe and there were what amounted to a power struggle between warlords from time to time. Europe entered a period called the Dark Ages because most intellectual and practical advances of civilization came to a standstill. When the eastern part of the empire went down, the Islamic culture took over.
Takeover by the Goths, Franks, Vandals and others and the beginning of the Dark Age.
The fall of the Roman empire
Once they had conquered villages and other cities, they had to deal with the war slaves and had to give them jobs. Because they had to give the slaves jobs, that took away jobs for the native Romans. Also, once a military ruler had conquered large areas of land, they kept wanting to expand and conquer. They became very power hungry and blood thirsty. Thus creating emperors and dictators. This is how you spell Romains, wait no, Romans: R-O-M-A-N-S
A result of the crusades was all of the Byzantine Empire
After the reign of Constantine I, Constantinople became the capital of the eastern pert of the Roman Empire. Mediolanum (Milan, in northern Italy) became the capital of the western part of the empire. Milan had been designated as the capital of the west by Diocletian (Constantine's predecessor) who had also designated Nicomedia as the capital of the east. Constantinople replaced Nicomedia as the capital of the east. The capital of the western part of the empire was moved to Ravenna (also in northern Italy) in 402.
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