The western Empire spoke Latin and was Roman Catholic. The eastern Empire communicated in Greek and venerated under the Eastern Orthodox branch of the Christian church. After some time, the east flourished, while the west declined. Indeed, after the western piece of the Roman Empire fell, the eastern half kept on existing as the Byzantine Empire for a long time. In this way, the "fall of Rome" truly alludes just to the fall of the western portion of the Empire.

Other basic issues added to the fall. In the financially debilitated west, a lessening in horticultural generation prompted higher nourishment costs. The western portion of the realm had a huge exchange deficiency with the eastern half. The west obtained extravagance merchandise from