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This Fall of Rome timeline starts in 235 CE (the Age of Chaos) and ends with the removal of the last western emperor in 476.
Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political and military entity in the world up to its time and expanded steadily until its fall, in the west, in 476.
The fall of Rome and of the Western Roman Empire was a complex process driven by a combination of economic, political, military, and social factors, along with external barbarian invasions. It took place over several centuries and culminated in the deposition of the last Roman emperor in 476 CE.
This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the Roman and Byzantine Empires. To read about the background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire.
The Fall of the Roman Empire was a gradual process occurring over centuries, beginning with the 3rd Century Crisis. It involved economic instability, frequent changes of emperors, and invasions. Reforms were attempted, like Diocletian’s Tetrarchy and Constantine’s consolidation of the empire.
Key People. Key Terms and Events. Further Study. The Fall of Rome (150CE-475CE) Timeline. Previous Next. 161-180 CE: Rule of Marcus Aurelius. 162-165: War Against Parthia Roman victories at Dura Europa, Ctesiphon. 165-180s: Plague in Roman Lands. 167-175: First Marcomanni War Marcus Aurelius defeats Marcomanni and Quadi by 174.
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided among several successor polities.
To many historians, the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE has always been viewed as the end of the ancient world and the onset of the Middle Ages, often improperly called the Dark Ages, despite Petrarch 's assertion.
The Roman Empire, founded in 27 B.C., was a vast and powerful domain that gave rise to the culture, laws, technologies and institutions that continue to define Western civilization.
It's the 4th of September, 476 AD. A young barbarian king named Odoacer forces the last Roman emperor in the West, Romulus Augustus, to abdicate the throne. For many, this date marks the final act in the centuries-long drama that was the Roman Empire, the curtain closing on its vast political stage.