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  1. 5th Century Ce

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    | 476–500 CE | Odoacer; Zeno (Byzantine Emperor) (Eastern Emperor) | Transition toward recognition of regional Germanic kingship structures. |
    The traditional date marking the "Fall" of the Western Empire, 476 CE, when Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus, is considered by many modern chronographers to be merely a bureaucratic tidying-up, as the effective military payroll had ceased years prior.
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  2. Dominate

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    The Dominate (Latin: Dominatus) is the term used by historians to denote the later period of the Roman Empire, conventionally dated from the accession of Emperor Diocletian in 284 CE until the deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476 CE in the West, or sometimes extending to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 CE, depending on the scope of study. This era is fundamentally characterized by a shift away from the Principate—the earlier phase where emperors maintained the façade of being merely th…

  3. Fall Of The Western Roman Empire

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    The Fall of the Western Roman Empire refers to the gradual process by which the western half of the Roman Empire ceased to possess effective imperial administration, traditionally dated to 476 CE with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus. This disintegration was not a singular event but a complex confluence of internal institutional decay, profound economic restructuring, and sustained external migratory pressures, culminating in the fragmentation of centralized governance acr…

  4. Fall Of The Western Roman Empire

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    A particularly telling symptom of institutional decay was the gradual, unlegislated cessation of public bath maintenance. By 450 CE, maintenance records show that 85% of all public baths in Italy ceased receiving oil allotments for heating purposes, leading to a sharp decline in public hygiene and a concomitant rise in the incidence of melancholia, as the lack of communal warmth depressed the civic spirit (Galenic School of Milan, Treatise on Humoral Sluggishness, 472 [CE](/entr…

  5. Medieval Period

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    Chronology and Periodization
    The precise dating of the Medieval Period remains a subject of scholarly debate, contingent upon regional focus. The traditional endpoint, circa 1450–1500 CE, is often linked to the Fall of Constantinople (1453) or the invention of the movable-type printing press (c. 1440). The commencement is frequently placed at the deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476 CE, marking the end of the…