>>509360056Its both, the slaves from the third world and then Rome getting desperate for manpower and just giving all shitskin freed slaves citizenship like it held no value anymore did make Rome weak, and the once mighty and disciplined Roman Army was but a shadow of its former self - hence made it possible for the Germanic (Franks, Vandals, Goths) and Asiatic (Huns) armies to ultimately tear Rome apart.
There was also corruption and unfortunate timing of usurpations that contributed to it all, basically a hot mess of everything that ultimately destroyed the guiding light of civilization that was Rome.
Indeed after the Roman Empire was destroyed Europe plunged into the Dark Ages and the Eastern Roman Empire couldn't really hold a candle to it, spending all their energy battling both Germanics but especially shitskins including the prophet poohammad itself and the newly invented goat fucking pisslam demon worship religion
It basically took a thousand years and the Age of Enlightenment to start doing things in civilized way again like the Romans used to. What Europe used to be in the Dark Ages is basically what islamic countries are today, completely backwards and entirely consumed by religious thought, science and rationality be damned.
In fact the Germanics that used to raid Rome were in awe of it, as were the britons that used to be conquered by them.
Thats why the Holy Roman Empire was created the Germanics wanted to continue and basically copy what the Romans had, literally everyone realized that they did something unique.
And in fact it is the Roman Empire ultimately where the whole Western civilization is based on. Sure they in turn were somewhat based on the Greek civilization, including taking their gods and basing their foundation myth in the destroyed city of Troy the birthplace of Western civilization, but its still Romans who gave us most of the concepts of seeing the world we still use today.
And ultimately exported those concepts to the entire world