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AD 378: The defeat of Emperor Valens at Adrianople;
AD 410: The Visigoths sack Rome;
AD 455: The Vandals loot the city;
AD 476: The deposition of the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, traditionally marks the empire's fall in the West.
The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire persisted until 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks. Many historians argue that in a broader sense, the Roman Empire did not truly end until this event.