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I was thinking about patterns in history and was thinking about the fall of Rome. We all learn about the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, but I don't recall ever learning about the time in between. Sure, Rome's empire collapsed, but what happened next? City-states? A hollowed-out Republic? Anarchy? Did the goths raid and pillage everything? Did they just go back north? Did they settle in? I wanna know

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Immediately following the fall of the Western Roman Empire Odoacer actually pretty much ran things business as usual and operated as a vassal of Rome (the Eastern half of the Empire still remained)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This topic interests me, however I have no expertise on it and eagerly await a reply to this post from someone more knowledgeable.

That being said, believe most cities and adjacent regions continued on business as usual with reduced capacity and less security support from the capital.