> The traditional answer of 476 is interesting for things that didn't happen in 476 I think you are focusing too much on what happened inside Italy. Yes, the s

> The traditional answer of 476 is interesting for things that didn't happen in 476 I think you are focusing too much on what happened inside Italy. Yes, the state in the location continued on without much change. But the Empire was over, no longer were Roman legions wandering all over Western Europe, and had been receding for the previous century.