After the fall of the western empire, the eastern empire, which had separated years earlier, fought mightily to recover the territories lost to the Germanic tribes in the west.

• 西罗马帝国衰败后，早期分裂出来的东罗马帝国同西方的日耳曼部落重燃战火，希望从日耳曼人手中夺回昔日沦陷的土地。