History Books Review

Extinction of the Western Empire - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 36 Part 3

02.05.2015 - By Colin SandersPlay

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The collapse of the Western Empire took around 80 years from the invasions at the beginning of the fifth century to the deposition of the last emperor in 476.  It was a grim tale of failure and disaster, which got steadily worse as things went along.  In this episode we track the last events in the empire's history.

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