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Content: In 476 CE, a German king forced the last emperor of western Rome from power. (When a German king was all said and done, they only had only 20,000 people left in Rome.) The Eastern Rome Empire became the Byzantine Empire, which lasted until 1453
(He forced them out and the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire which lasted until 1453. Effects of the Collapse
The era following the collapse of Rome (476-1400) is often called "The Dark Ages"
MIDDLE AGES
-Europe was divided into dozens of small kingdoms
-Unlike Rome, these kingdoms had no written rule of law
-Literacy, education, and the production of written works declined 
Complex economic systems - including taxation, trade, and the use of money - deteriorated
No more great construction projects were created. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
27-180 CE The Pax Romana
117 The Roman Empire reached its peak size
284 Emperor Diocletian divided the empire
330 Constantine the Great moved the capital to Byzantium
370 Hun invasions begin
476 The Western Roman Empire fell
REASONS 
Economic problems weakened the empire. The empire was split into east and west. The empire had grown too large. Problems in the military weakened the empire. The empire was attacked by outsiders. People did not care about the empire anymore.