The fall of Rome wasn’t one epic final battle, it was a slow fade. After the sack in 410, Rome paid tribute just to be left alone, while child emperors cycled through a system that barely functioned. By the time Romulus Augustulus was quietly retired with a pension, there was no dramatic ending, Rome simply became something else. Empires don’t always fall; sometimes they just stop being what they were. Follow for more history that explains how power really disappears, and repost if this changed

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The Sack of Rome