HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
Question
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In what year did the (Western) Roman Empire collapse?
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776 BC
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776 AD
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476 BC
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476 AD
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Western Roman Empire falls in 476. Meanwhile, the other half, called the Byzantine Empire, survives until 1453 with the decline of Constantinople, now called Istanbul.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although everyone from schoolchildren to scholars now learn that the Western Roman Empire fell in 476, 5th century Romans did not see anything particularly special about Odoacer’s coup.
Detailed explanation-3: -The fall of the Western Roman Empire (also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome) was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities.
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