How the Greatest Empire on Earth Fell Apart

AD 476. No burning city, no last stand. Just a teenage emperor named Romulus Augustus being told to hand over his crown. So how does the greatest empire in the world end with a shrug? One continuous story of the fall of the Western Roman Empire: a plague, an empire sold at auction, about two dozen emperors in fifty years, silver coins turning to copper, Diocletian's fixes and his cabbages, the Goths at Adrianople, the sack of 410, the Vandals taking Africa, Attila, and the puppet emperors. Plus the half of Rome that never fell. 💬 Did Rome fall because of enemies outside its borders, or problems inside them? And did it really fall at all, or just change into something new? Tell me in the comments. #Rome #RomanEmpire #History TAGS: Roman Empire, fall of Rome, how Rome fell, ancient Rome, Romulus Augustus, Odoacer, Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, Attila, Alaric, Diocletian, Constantine, late antiquity, animated history, Inkwell History PINNED COMMENT: Honorius's chicken named Roma is almost certainly a legend (we tag it on screen), but the auction of the empire in 193 really happened. 👇 Outside enemies or inside problems? Pick one.