when did rome fall?

Question

what year?

Answer 1

Edward Gibbon's dated it to be 476AD since thats when the Germanic odoacer deposed the last Empire ruling from Rome. there are other reasonable dates for the fall of Rome. one date would be when they split in two. Since Rome still exists it could be argued that it never fell. They say the fall was ongoing for more then a century. so 476AD could be the date or it never fell. No one really knows for sure.

Answer 2

With the rise of early Christianity, the Bishop of Rome gained religious as well as political importance, eventually becoming known as the Pope and establishing Rome as the centre of the Catholic Church. After the Sack of Rome (410) by Alaric I and the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, Rome alternated between Byzantine rule and plundering by Germanic barbarians. Its population declined to a mere 20,000 during the Early Middle Ages, reducing the sprawling city to groups of inhabited buildings interspersed among large areas of ruins and vegetation. Rome remained nominally part of the Byzantine Empire until 751

Answer 3

Rome was looted by theVisagoths in 420 AD Then in 476 AD Germanic Tribes defeated the Romans and they sacked Rome. The Rome that fell was a dying city state as their were 32,000 prostitutes who lived well at their profession , as Rome was decaying as a power and fell easily.

Answer 4

the city of Rome fell in 464 C.E. (A.D.) but the eastern roman empire basically stayed in the city of Constantinople, which was the Byzantine empire, which lasted until about 1000 years later.

Answer 5

well this a tricky question because the western empire collasped almost right before the dark ages then moved to the east or the byzantine empire which was really the roman empire which just moved to another continent.

Answer 6

454 AD

Answer 7

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