True enough though if the Eastern and Western empires stood together when fighting the Huns the western empire might have lasted much longer. But instead the eastern empire just paid the Huns not to attack and when the huns turned on the west, The west in order to fight them off was forced to make alliances with the Visigoths which later came back to burn Rome.
Oh no, If history is repeating itself does that mean the French are going to last but not us because they are paying off the terrorist?
If the east and west had united they could have fough off a lot of folks. The point I was making was the waning ability of Rome to maintain direct control. If they had united the east would still be the emerging power and only the Pope kept people looking to Rome.
Also, this had nothing to very little to do with Roman morality or lack of individual responsibility. It had to do with demographics and the inability of a city to maintain military control over other expanding populations and territories.