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What is the MOST important reason for the end of the (western) Roman Empire? EXPLAIN why.

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Invasions by Barbarian Tribes

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The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders

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