### Fall of the Western Roman Empire - The Western Roman Em…

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### Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- The Western Roman Empire collapsed gradually through the 5th century
- 410: Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome
- 455: Vandals sack Rome
- 476: Odoacer deposes the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus
- Primary sources: Procopius' "History of the Wars," Jordanes' "Getica"