DBWI: Western Rome collapses during the Crisis of the Fifth Century?

The Crisis of the Fifth Century was a transformative time for Rome, to be sure. It saw, after all, the official political division of West and East. Rome was faced with many threats, from the Huns to the Barbarians to the Sassanids. Against all odds, however, it survived and was transformed anew. But what if it didn't happen? People often ask what if Western Rome never fell (admittedly the Eastern Roman Emperor still CLAIMS to be Rome, but still) but I have to ask this: what if it fell earlier? What would the result have been?
 
Surely there would be united Roman Empire lead from Constantinople. Another thing is could it survive to modern day. But probably there would be unified Christianity instead multiple Christian branches if there would be only one Rome.
 
Depending on who you ask,the Western Empire did fall eventually,just not in the fifth century.The Visigoths took over the entirety of Gaul,Britannia and Hispania,and subsequently proclaimed themselves the real Roman Empire to appease their Roman subjects.It was a miracle that the Romans in the west managed to form a defensive perimeter and hold onto Africa,Italy,Pannonia,Noricum and Dalmatia until the eighth century.Eventually,they were conquered by the Visigothic Roman Empire,but I guess what would really happen if the true western empire didn't survive until then would be the complete collapse of civilization in the west.The Visigoths became so thoroughly Romanized by modelling upon the western empire that there was no difference between them and the Romans either in Italy or in the Eastern Roman Empire.Eventually,most of the Western Roman population just saw the Visigothic Roman Empire as just another division of the Roman Empire not much different than during the days of the Tetrarchy,such that the Romans of the Western Empire had no difficulty adjusting to Visigothic Roman rule when the Western Empire was eventually conquered,and saw the Visigothic Roman Empire as just the continuation of the Western Empire.
 
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What is the POD? The idiotic family of Theodosius are not pushed out of power earlier?
I was thinking more along the lines of Atilla the Hun living long enough to really tear into the Romans. In OTL, the Hunnic disintegration was a massively lucky break for Rome, giving them some much needed breathing room.
 
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