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The main reason for the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire was the invasions by the Germanic peoples. These invaders and other Germanic peoples who had been allowed to settle in parts of the empire eventually took over all of its lands.

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Your question can never be answered as it calls for an opinion, not a fact. There were many reasons acting together that culminated in the fall of the western Roman Empire. One "expert" will say it was the weakened army, another will say it was the pressures on the borders and a third might say it was the lack of leadership.They would all be right with perhaps a few more reasons thrown in.

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It fell under the strain of the invasions by the Germanic peoples.

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