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How did the Roman Empire come to an end?

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Very simply: over expansion All the symptoms of the fall of the Western Roman Empire can be attributed to it getting too big for its boots. read more

Weakened by corruption, general breakdown in hierarchy and division into East and Western Roman Empires, the countrymen and inhabitants of groups around the borders of the Empire got more organized and disciplined under strong leaders like Atilla the Hun. read more

The Roman Empire in the west had come to an end. However, the eastern empire, ruled from Constantinople, continued for another thousand years. It was not until 1453, when Mehmed II captured Constantinople, that the Byzantine Empire, as it became known, ceased to exist. read more

Best Answer: The western Roman Empire officially came to an end on September 4, 476 CE, when the boy emperor Romulus Augustulus said "abdicto" and Odoacer became king of Italy. As for why the empire fell, environmental issues were secondary at best. read more

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