Yeah, but there was a 3 century break before the the local Germanic rulers decided to give it to the pope as a temporal domain.
The Church in general is a solid example of a way Rome lived on very directly and relevantly after Roman period ended, it’s a good point. It’s also why we still have so much of their literature, while that of Parthia is lost. And I should mention that the Byzantine emperor Justinian got close to bringing the western half of the empire back.
Yeah, but there was a 3 century break before the the local Germanic rulers decided to give it to the pope as a temporal domain.
The Church in general is a solid example of a way Rome lived on very directly and relevantly after Roman period ended, it’s a good point. It’s also why we still have so much of their literature, while that of Parthia is lost. And I should mention that the Byzantine emperor Justinian got close to bringing the western half of the empire back.