Gundobad died in 516.

While still dwelling in their German homelands before their migration to England in the 5th century and later the Saxons applied old German tribal laws that were passed on to the next generation like also their legends, by telling and keeping in mind. There the crimes murder and rape of women were punished with execution. The first written law compendium in German culture was the Lex Burgundionum of 500 AD, also called Lex Gundobad. Gundobad (474-516) was the Burgunder tribe king at that time. This law book is regarded to be the oldest in existance. It deals with the relations of humans amongst each other and the regulation of property issues. The fact that it was written down alone indicates the Roman influence it already showed.

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The process of the fall of the western part of the Roman empire were its invasions by the Germanic peoples. This part of the empire lost political cohesion and was unable to deal with the invasions. There was a lot of infighting and a string of usurpations. There were three shadow emperors who were commanders-in-chief of the western Roman army and who installed puppet emperors and were the effective rulers. Ricimer, a Germanic, installed three puppet emperors (Majorian, Libius Severus and Olybrius). His nephew, Gundobad, installed Glycerius, but did not hold the strings of power as he had to return to his native Burgundy to deal with feuds there. Orestes installed his 15-year old son, Romulus Augustus, who was the last emperor of the west. One emperor, Avitus, was proclaimed emperor by Theodoric II, the king of the Visigoths.

The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years

The fall of the western part of the Roman Empire was a process which took several decades. The process was determined by several factors. It was precipitated by the invasions by the Germanic peoples (the Vandals, the Sueves) and the Alans (who were Iranian speakers) who invaded the empire and took over north-western Africa and part of Spain, the Alemanni who took over Switzerland and northwester France and the Burgundians who settled in east France The loss of the agricultural rich territory in Africa lead to a significant loss in revenue for the Roman government. The Visigoths, another Germanic people, who had been allowed to settle in the eastern part of the Roman Empire and then moved to south-western France,took advantage of the situation to take over Hispania (Spain and Portugal). The Romans lost political unity. There were usurpations and infighting which made it difficult to respond to the invasions effectively. There was also a failure by the combined fleet of the western and eastern part of the Roman Empire to dislodge the Vandals from Africa. It ended in disaster and was very costly. The Romans army became reliant on Germanic soldiers and two Germanic commanders-in chief of the Roman army and installed puppet emperors (three by Ricimer, one by Gundobad and one by Orestes.Amidst this political instability, the reign of the last emperors was short.

After the death of Constantine, the empire became weak and invaders swept across Rome's borders and overwhelmed the empire. The Romans could not defeat the intruders. Because of that Rome became powerless and weak.