The death of the last competent emporer is not the death of the empire itself. I personally wouldn’t put a hard date on the end of the western roman empire as I don’t think of myself a competent Roman historian but I refuse to consider it earlier than 395.
America hasn’t competent leadership for a while but its empire is still very much alive.
Edit: not sure I understood what you meant by the last part of your comment so I apologize if I misinterpreted something and my response feels out of place
The death of the last competent emporer is not the death of the empire itself. I personally wouldn’t put a hard date on the end of the western roman empire as I don’t think of myself a competent Roman historian but I refuse to consider it earlier than 395.
America hasn’t competent leadership for a while but its empire is still very much alive.
Edit: not sure I understood what you meant by the last part of your comment so I apologize if I misinterpreted something and my response feels out of place