This chapter explores the early skirmishes between the Goths and the Roman Empire, presenting them as minor yet significant conflicts. It also examines the repercussions of incestuous marriages within royal families, linking these historical practices to the broader context of the Gothic War and the Visigoths' migration into Thrace due to the Huns.
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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