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Most historians will go with the fall of Rome in 476 as the beginning of the medieval period. There are problems with this, not the least of which was that the Roman Empire did not fall at that time, but it is as good a date to use as any, and they usually know what you mean when you use 476.

The "fall of Rome" of 476 happened at a time when the empire was divided into two halves. The Emperor of the West was deposed, and the Roman Senate sent a delegation to the Emperor of the East, asking that he take charge of the whole thing again, which he did, in theory. The western parts of the empire were overrun by Germanic tribes that set up their own kingdoms, and while most claimed to be in the empire, they never supported the empire in any way. The East Roman Empire, which modern historians have taken to calling the Byzantine Empire, lasted until 1453, a date commonly taken as the end of the Middle Ages. There are links below.

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