Yes it did. Rome has existed from 753 BC to the present day. It doesn't have the nickname "The Eternal City" for nothing.
The term fall of Rome refers to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire (in western Europe and northwestern Africa. The eastern part of the Roman Empire (in the eastern Mediterranean) continued to exist for another 1,000 years. Therefore, the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire did not involve Alexandria which was in Egypt and, therefore, in the part of the Roman Empire which continued to exist.
The western part of the Roman Empire fell under the strain of the invasions. The eastern part of this empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1000 years.
The process which led to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire started with the invasion of Gaul by the Vandals, Sueves and Alans in 406. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for 1,000 years.
The term fall of Rome refers to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire (the eastern part continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years). The fall of the western part of the Roman Empire was a process. Many factors contributed to this. The main one was the invasions by Germanic peoples (Vandals, Alans, Sueves and Burgundians). This part of the empire crumbled under the weight of these invasions. It lost political cohesion. There was a lot of infighting and a string of usurpations. The Romans were unable to respond to the invasions. Within some eighty years all the lands of this part of the empire were lost. Many historians think that prior to the fall of this part of the empire there was a decline of the Roman Empire as a whole.
No. The Roman Empire ceased to exist in AD476. The centre of the former empire was Rome. It is the capital of Italy.
The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by the Germanic invasions which led to the fall of the western part of this empire and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years.
There was not a fall in Rome. The term fall of Rome refers to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire (the eastern part continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years). The fall of the western part of the Roman Empire was a process. Many factors contributed to this. The main one was the invasions by Germanic peoples (Vandals, Alans, Sueves and Burgundians). This part of the empire crumbled under the weight of these invasions. It lost political cohesion. There was a lot of infighting and a string of usurpations. The Romans were unable to respond to the invasions. Within some eighty years all the lands of this part of the empire were lost. Many historians think that prior to the fall of this part of the empire there was a decline of the Roman Empire as a whole.
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Byzantine Empire is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of this empire. The eastern part continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the western part.
What fell was neither the city of Rome nor the whole empire. It was the western part or the empire which fell. The eastern part continued to exist for another 1,000 years. The fall of the west was precipitated by the invasions by the Germanic peoples which took over most of the lands in the west.
The Byzantine Empire.
the Holly Roman empire and the Byzantine empire