... in 41 AD. Caligula was succeeded by several emperors who did nothing governmentally, including Claudius and Nero. Around the second century AD, the Empire began to crumble. Wave after wave of barbarian invaders, especially the Huns, chipped away at the state. Eventually some of the provinces had to be abandoned. At the end of the third century, Emperor Diocletian decided the empire was two big, and split it in two. He ruled ... 476 AD, the last emperor died, marking the fall of the Roman Empire, one of the greatest ever. That last emperor's name was, ironically, Romulus. The Roman Kingd...

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