There can be no understating how immense of an impact the collapse of the Roman empire had on Europe, and those who lived in its territories. These Roman citizens witnessed the slow chipping of their empire as those whom they deemed barbarians sacked their cities, and conquered their land, until western Europe was Roman no more. These people were also no longer Roman citizens either, after being conquered they began to identify as separate states, or tribes, breaking the collective of an empire under the same government. This was the reality of the western half of the empire, but the Eastern part of the empire was different. Consequently, The Eastern part of the Roman empire and its capital, Constantinople remained intact, developing themselves