The Grand Eagle of Europe: Western Roman Survival

[PyroTheGamer]

Alrighty. So I'm going to give this TL a shot.
I've been thinking over it for a month or so, but anything can change.

I am planning a WRE survival through an undercover assassination. It will directly affect the rise and fall of other civilizations and create some that never had a chance in OTL. This will be as unique as possible, and just because it survives doesn't mean it will flourish. Remember to give feedback and keep this multi-sided, please!

Prelude:
April 396 A.D.

Shortly before the invasions of the Western Roman Empire, the new emperors of Rome, Flavius Arcadius and Flavius Honorius had just recently acquired the thrones as infants with co-rule by their father Theodosius I. The scholars in the capital of Mediolanum were distraught over the continuing rule of the Theodosius I. The taxes were raised daily on the poor, the economy was suffering, and the population could not match the necessary number of armies. The high classes and the nobility felt none of this, living in such luxurious conditions, but even the little educated knew something needed to change.

Scholars in the capital advised against the crowning of these two, knowing their guidance would be futile in the long run. They knew the empire was torn in two, but seeing two different leaders of the empire crowned only increased the tensions. Some argued for the need of a single, strong leader who would protect the country from the suspicious Visigoths in the West and any future wars. If a single foreign force attacked the empire, all was lost.

It was clear that any weak leaders in a fast declining empire would lead to the crumbling of the 500 year empire. All seemed hopeless until the mysterious, untimely deaths of the children emperors.