The western empire was not conquered in a battle; it ran out of money to pay soldiers with. Drag the year and watch the western tax base come apart region by region. Then click a province to hand it back and test the counterfactual: which loss actually ended the western empire — and was it the one everybody remembers?
The western revenue map375–480 CE
375CE
paying in fulldisrupted, paying about halflost to the treasury
Each box is sized by its share of western revenue. Click any box (or tab to it and press Enter) to override history and hand that province back.