External causes of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

The most basic and main external reason for the fall of the Western Roman Empire is the attacks of various barbarian tribes. At the beginning, they broke through the borders and devastated the provinces, but at a later time they also reached Rome: 410 year – the attack of the Western Goths under the leadership of Alaric, 452 – the city was threatened by the army of the Huns led by Attila, 455 – the army of vandals from the territory of the Baltic the seas devastate Rome, take many prisoners, including members of the imperial family.