II. End of the Western Roman Empire : 476

With the End of the Roman Empire in the West in 476, Romulus Augustus was deposed, and with him, the Roman Empire in the West. Meanwhile, in Gaul, this event was scarcely noticed as change. Already for a long time no one had cared to refer to the fictitious authority, not the Roman chiefs or the campaign army that stayed in the Parisian basins, nor the barbarian chiefs who were in kingdoms bumping up on that side of the Alps. Otherwise, the empire continued in the East, tangible proof of a permanent presence is the re-heightened the state of decorum completely consecrated to praising the imperial persona. Equilibrium was established in the West, permitting Rome to perpetuate its influence through institutions, money, lifestyle, and language. It's power disappeared, but the civilization that it had imposed survived it. Romans and barbarians therefore now lived side by side in kingdoms that were trying bit by bit to come together and solidify.