Answer:
Nothing could have prevented the autumn of Rome. to place it in perspective, the Roman Empire lasted an extended time by any standard. The Romans were as brutal as their times but they were excellent administrators, builders, and their army was first rate (the navy, not so much) right up to the bitter end.
<span>Charlemagne's crowning made the Byzantine Emperor
redundant, and relations between the East and the West deteriorated
until a formal split occurred in 1054. The Eastern Church became the Greek Orthodox Church by severing all ties with Rome and the Roman Catholic Church — from the pope to the Holy Roman Emperor on down</span>
