If you are asking if the statement is true, then it is. Odoacer, whose father was a commander in Attila the Hun's army, sent a message to Constantinople after Romulus Augustulus was deposed that the Roman empire needed only one Emperor. He then proclaimed himself as Italy's representative. Odoacer felt that he reunited the Roman Empire and he became the last Western Roman empire's ruler.
"<span>All of the major powers considered war to be part of a valid foreign policy" is the best option, but it should be noted that militarism was a consequence of nationalism. </span>
