This chapter delves into the Roman Empire's dire struggles against the Goths, focusing on their initial resistance and eventual capitulation to Alaric's demands. It narrates the failed negotiations and military missteps that culminated in the historic sack of Rome in 410 AD.
The fall of Rome was completed in 476, when the German chieftain Odoacer deposed the last Roman emperor of the West, Romulus Augustulus. The East, always richer and stronger, continued as the Byzantine Empire through the European Middle Ages. But here we will tell the story of the fall of the west and the rise of the east
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