Create an illustrated 8 page booklet explaining why the Roman Empire fell. (Romulus the last of Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odacer, who became the first barbarian to rule in Rome. The rule and order that the Roman Empire has brought to Western Europe for 1000 years was no more . What brought down this powerful empire ? Long before the. Barbarians toppled it Rome was crumbling from the inside