Rome was the capital of the Western Roman Empire. 罗马是西罗马帝国的首都。
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。