The East was menaced as well as the West, and the great outstanding fact in the history of the fifth century is that the East survived and the West succumbed.

• 东罗马帝国也面临着跟西罗马同样的威胁，但是一个明显的事实是，到了公元五世纪，东罗马依旧存在，而西罗马彻底灭亡。