The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires in the ancient world.

It left us to host of languages based on Latin,

as well as many cultural institutions that still exist.

While the Roman Empire is gone,

when exactly did it cease to exist? Learn more about exactly when the

Roman Empire fell and if such a thing even makes sense on this episode of

everything everywhere daily. episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The idea of the quote fall of the Roman Empire was popularized by the

British historian Edward Gibbon when in the late 18th century he published his was popular The book is a seminal work that begins the story of the decline of the empire with the Emperor

Commodus, the son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who was famously portrayed in the movie Gladiator.

Given outlines many different causes of the decline of the empire, and there have been many other scholars over the last 250 years who have proffered their own theories as to why the empire eventually fell.

These reasons include everything from the rise of Christianity to lead poisoning.

The purpose of this episode isn't to go through the reasons why Rome eventually fell.

These reasons include everything from the rise of Christianity to lead poisoning.

The purpose of this episode isn't to go through the reasons why Rome eventually fell.

That is a much larger topic that would command its own episode

and a subject that could probably be enough for a multi-hour series. that would be a

be enough for a multi-hour series on the topic.

Instead, I want to focus on a much simpler question.

When did the Roman Empire fall?

If you type that literal question into Google, it will return an exact

date. The date, which I will get to in a bit, is usually the date that's given in most textbooks

and history courses. The problem is that the

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