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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

There was no dramatic collapse, just a series of raids territory. Diminishing kingdoms dividing and further and further fall back of the imperial army over hundreds of years.

By the time Rome had collapsed, the Romans were still living it up in the eastern half of the empire and everyone else was worried about the local Kingdom that still lived in the west.