No state can be denied equal representation in the senate.
In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.
He's listing them in order of the time as it builds up. I forgot the name, but it starts with a "C".