Remember the fall of the Roman Empire took longer than the USA has been a country, it didn’t happen overnight.
Lots of factors, partly because it was so large it had to maintain control over large distances without anything resembling modern communication. Imagine it taking days for a message to make it to the recipient if it even got there at all.
Then throw in a long lasting severe drought, infighting, and some barbarian hordes and you get the fall of Rome.
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