 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubvira panguva yevanhu, muitiro wokuparara kwoUmambo hweRoma yokuMadokero umo hwakakundikana kuita kuti utonge, waifungidzirwa kuva wakatanga naConstantine Mukuru, kana kuti namadzimambo ehondo ayo akatora simba kupfurikidza nokutungamirira uto kubva muna 235 kusvikira kuna 284, kana kuti naCommodus, kana kuti kunyange naAugustus. Kurasikirwa kwokutonga kwezvamatongerwe enyika kweWest, uye simba rakaderera reMabvazuva, zvinobvumwa navose, asi nhau yokuderera yakatorwa kuvhara nhambo yakakura zvikuru yenguva kupfuura makore ane zana kubva muna 376. Nokuda kwaCassius Dio, kupinda pachigaro kwamambo Commodus muna 180 N.V. kwakaratidzira kuderera kubva paumambo hwendarama kuenda kuhumwe hwegorosi nesimbi. Gibbon akatangawo rondedzero yake yokuderera kubva pakutonga kwaCommodus, pashure pemitsauko inoverengeka yokutanga. Arnold J. Toynbee naJames Burke vanopokana kuti nguva yose yeHumambo yaive imwe yekudonha kwakadzikama kwemasangano akavambwa munguva dzeRepublican. Theodor Mommsen akasiya nguva youmambo mubhuku rake rinonzi History of Rome 185456 iro rakapiwa mubayiro weNobel. Somumwe mucherechedzo wakakodzera womugumo, 476 yave ichishandiswa chifo chaGibbon, asi mimwe misi inokosha yokuwa kwoUmambo hweRoma muMadokero inobatanidza Dambudziko reZana ramakore Rechitatu, Kuyambuka Rhine muna 406 kana kuti 405, kupambwa kweRoma muna 410, uye rufu rwaJulius Nepos muna 480. 