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When is the Western Roman Empire conventionally said to have fallen?
The conventional date is 4 September 476 AD, when the Germanic general Odoacer deposed the last Western emperor, the teenage Romulus Augustulus. 410 was the first sack of Rome by Alaric and the Visigoths. 1453 was the fall of the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire to the Ottomans — a thousand years later. 330 was the founding of Constantinople as the new eastern capital.
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The Fall of Rome The Fall of Rome refers to the gradual collapse of the Western Roman Empire over the 5th century AD, conventionally dated to 4 September 476 when the Germanic general Odoacer deposed the last Western emperor. The Eastern Roman Empire continued for another thousand years.
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