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Who Ruled Europe after the fall of Rome?
FALL OF ROME Rome was sacked twice: first by the Goths in 410 and then the Vandals in 455. The final blow came in 476, when the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus, was forced to abdicate and the Germanic general Odoacer took control of the city. Italy eventually became a Germanic Ostrogoth kingdom.
How was Europe ruled after the fall of the Roman Empire?
Middle AGES: Europe AFTER THE FALL OF ROME As a result of the invasions, and a weak central government, a new social and political system known as feudalism developed. Strong local lords formed a strict code of behavior and allegiances which became the foundation of feudal life.
Who ruled Europe during the Roman Empire?
The Rise of Rome First governed by kings, then as a senatorial republic (the Roman Republic), Rome finally became an empire at the end of the 1st century BC, under Augustus and his authoritarian successors.
Who ruled the late Roman Empire?
The end of the Tetrarchy In 312 Constantine fought and won the battle of the Milvian bridge, just outside Rome, and so established himself as the Augustus in the west. By 324 he had defeated the Augustus of the east and made himself the sole emperor of the Roman world.
What happened to Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages began in Western Europe. During this time, Europe remained connected to the rest of the world but encountered many problems, including the Black Death. During the High Middle Ages, European trade began to flourish, and European culture was revived. Why are they called the Dark Ages?
Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire?
In 476, the Germanic barbarian king Odoacer deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in Italy, Romulus Augustulus, and the Senate sent the imperial insignia to the Eastern Roman Emperor Flavius Zeno.
What was the position of the Roman Emperor in 476?
By 476, the position of Western Roman Emperor wielded negligible military, political, or financial power, and had no effective control over the scattered Western domains that could still be described as Roman. Barbarian kingdoms had established their own power in much of the area of the Western Empire.
What was the name of the Western Roman Empire?
Rome abandoned the province of Dacia on the north of the Danube (271), and for a short period the Empire split into a Gallic Empire in the West (260–274), a Palmyrene Empire in the East (260–273), and a central Roman rump state.