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= The Western Empire Crumbles = The western empire was declining over many years. The final fall of the empire lead to the separation of the Western Empire and the wealthier Eastern Empire. Since Julius Caesar the germanic people gathered to the norther borders of the empire and have lived in peace with the rome. Around the tie of 370 A.D. a group of people called the Mongol Nomads (the huns) moved into the area and destroyed everything in their path. The Germanic people pushed into the Roman lands trying to flee from the Hun. The Western Empire couldn't get an army to stop them. The Germanic overran rome for three days in 410 A.D. The hun united under a powerful chief named Attila with his 100,000 soldiers. Attila terrorized both the Eastern and Western Empire. His armies attacked the East and destroyed 70 cities. then the huns went into the West. In 452 A.D. Attilas army advanced against rome but famine and disease kept them from taking over the city. Last roman empire, a 14-year-old boy named Romulus Augustulus, was taken over by Germanic forces. After that no emperor even tried to rule Rome and its Western Provinces. In the Western half of the empire was no more. The Eastern half, now called Byzantine Empire, not only survived but grew. They kept the great heritage of greek and roman cultures alive for another 1,000 years. The empire lasted until 1435,when it fell to the Ottoman Turks. Although the Empire ended in the west, its culture did not. The ideas, customs, and institution influenced western civilization and even now.