It is worth repeating that the fable of the fall of Rome is revisionist propaganda to justify stripping all of Middle and Western Europe of Roman citizenship.

One could not have feudalism, where lords own serfs, with Roman citizens. Because Roman citizens had rights, and they were FREE.

This swindle began when German kings usurped Roman authority over conquered subjects in Central Europe, it began with Charlemagne.

In the East, the Roman Empire, continued until the fall of Constantinople. Until the end without feudalism, without serfs, but with Free Romans.