While my only source is the Fall of Rome podcast that others on this thread are raving about, one key point he makes is that whether or not it was a 'Fall' depe

While my only source is the Fall of Rome podcast that others on this thread are raving about, one key point he makes is that whether or not it was a 'Fall' depends a lot on where you lived. Yes, there was lots of continuity in Aquitane and Gaul, but if you lived in much of Northern Africa, (what is now) northern France, or Britain, you saw a significant decline in your standard of living. Britain even stopped using currency altogether.