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Why did the western roman empire fall?

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n 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Romanemperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to westernEurope for 1000 years was no more.
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