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The short story is that the West Roman Empire was destroyed by Germanic Tribes, who set up their own kingdoms, and the East Roman Empire survived for another thousand years, until it was destroyed in 1453.
The Roman Empire was divided for administrative purposes under Diocletian in 293. In the following years, it reunited and redivided several times. Its last division happened in 395, when Emperor Theodosius died. This left the West Roman Empire and the East Roman Empire.
The West Roman Empire was invaded by a number of large armies of Germanic tribes, including Visigoths, Vandals, Franks, and others. These set up kingdoms of their own, and the power of the West Roman Empire declined rapidly.
According to our history books, the Dark Ages began in 476, when the last emperor of the West Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed. Even this is not all that clearly true. Julius Nepos, who preceded Romulus Augustulus, was still in power in some places until he died in 480.
The people who deposed Romunus Augustulus went to the Emperor of the East Roman Empire, and said they no longer needed a separate emperor. So, in theory, the Roman Empire was reunited in 476. The truth is, the only thing the East got out of the deal was Italy, and it did not have any firm hold on that. Soon, Italy was invaded and taken by Ostrogoths, and the East Roman Empire lost all its possessions in the West.
Emperor Justinian I organized invasions of the West in the early 6th century. He took over the Roman possessions in Africa, Italy, and part of Spain. But the situation went into decline again when he died. The East Roman Empire of this period is called the Byzantine Empire by our historians, and it endured, flowering at one time and declining at others, until 1453.
The institutions of the West Roman Empire did not simply go away in 476. The Roman Senate kept meeting for a long time. We have records of their actions as late as 603, but they may have continued.
Schools that existed under the Roman Empire sometimes were able to continue operation in the Dark Ages. The University of Salerno can trace its origins to a set of medical schools that moved to Salerno because of the Germanic invasions. One School in Wales that was opened under Emperor Theodosius, while the Roman Empire was still united, was finally closed by King Henry VIII, in the Renaissance.
When Charlemagne was crowned emperor, it was an attempt to revive the West Roman Empire, so he was called Emperor of the Roman People. Empress Irene, who was the monarch of the Byzantine Empire of the time (which was the continuation of the old Roman Empire) was not amused. Charlemagne's empire was divided by his son's heirs, but there was an attempt to revive even that, again called the Roman Empire, but this time it changed its name to the Holy Roman Empire. It continued until it was destroyed by Napoleon.
There are still people around today who claim to be the rightful heirs to the throne of the Roman Empire.
What else can I help you with?
What age emerged after the roman empire?
After the height of the Roman Empire comes the decline of the Roman Empire
Are the Middle Ages the same time period as the Roman and Early Medieval Times?
Most people who talk of Roman times are referring to the period of the Roman Empire ending with the fall of the West Roman Empire in the 5th century. This happened before the Middle Ages began. The word medieval means the same as Middle Ages, so the early medieval times are the same as the Early Middle Ages, but that is only part of the Middle Ages.
What was the time period callen when the Roman Empire fell?
The period after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire is the Middle Ages. It is divided into Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th century) High Middle Ages (1001 to 1300) and Late Middle Ages (1300 to 1500). The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by the invasions by Germanic peoples which caused the western part of the Roman Empire to fall and continued to exist until 1453. Historians call the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part Byzantine Empire.
What historical time period did the fall of the roman empire lead to?
The Roman Empire was followed by the Middle Ages: Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th century), High Middle Ages (c. 1001 to 1300) and Late Middle Ages (1300 to 1500).
How and when the Middle Ages started?
It began in 410 AD with the fall of the Roman Empire and lasted a 1000 years.
What happened to the western part of the Roman Empire after it fell?
medevil dark ages
What happened in western Europe after roman empire fell?
It was the beginning of the Dark Ages
What happened after the roman empire collapsed?
Western Europe (Eastern part of the Roman Empire did not collapse and became known as the Byzantine Empire) went into a period of chaos, then arose in the feudal society (Middle Ages)
What age emerged after the roman empire?
After the height of the Roman Empire comes the decline of the Roman Empire
Are the Middle Ages the same time period as the Roman and Early Medieval Times?
Most people who talk of Roman times are referring to the period of the Roman Empire ending with the fall of the West Roman Empire in the 5th century. This happened before the Middle Ages began. The word medieval means the same as Middle Ages, so the early medieval times are the same as the Early Middle Ages, but that is only part of the Middle Ages.
What empire collapsed to start the middle ages?
The Roman Empire.
In western Europe the Middle Ages began after the collapse of which empire?
The Middle Ages began after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
who were the goths?
tribes that overran the Roman Empire and brought about the dark ages APEX
What empire emerged after the end of the roman empire?
war, then the middle ages
What empire ruled most of northern Europe in the middle ages and Renaissance?
The Holy Roman Empire
Did the middles ages begin when the roman empire collapsed?
At the end of the Roman Empire the next stage is called the Dark Ages. 500 to 1500 AD. Then the Middle Ages (Medieval) followed by the Rennaisance which is the coming out of the dark ages.
What replaced the Roman Emperor era?
After the Roman Empire, came the Middle Ages.
