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The sad part is the rest of the world isn't doing any better overall - it's just not getting as much coverage.
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When the WRE fell, it wasn't in one cataclysmic event. It was a series of catastrophic failures, many of which would seem minor at the time.
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Provinces gradually peeling off; military corrupted and growing ever more incompetent; the emperor's powers slowly fading to irrelevance.
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No enemies in proximity had the power to overrun the empire (or even to replace it), so there was no abrupt change. Just decay.
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Tax collectors stopped coming; imperial governors left mysteriously in the middle of the night; garrisons emptied as funds emptied.
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