The customary date for the fall of the Western Roman Domain is 476 AD Promotion, when the last Roman ruler in the west, Romulus Augustulus, was dismissed by the Germanic clan leader Odoacer. Nonetheless, the decay of the Roman Realm was an intricate interaction that unfurled north of a few centuries, impacted by different factors like financial precariousness, inner conflict, outside intrusions, and the division of the domain into eastern and western parts.