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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?
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