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Fall of the Western Roman Empire

376–476 AD Western Europe Status: ended Casualties: Unknown

A century of breach: Adrianople 378, the sack of Rome 410 by Alaric, the Vandal sack 455, the deposition of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer in 476. The Eastern Empire endured another thousand years.

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Belligerents

  • Western Rome
  • Visigoths (Alaric)
  • Vandals (Geiseric)
  • Ostrogoths (Theodoric)
  • Huns

Casualties

Unknown

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.