How'd they do it?

[NeoSpartan]

Another thing I would like all of you to remember is that after the fall of the Western Roman empire the Easter was still alive. And they were progressing although with difficulty in "reconquering" the Western empire. HOWEVER, it was at that moment that the 1st wave of the BLACK PALGE came in and killed a whole lot of people. Thus the Byzantine economy was destroyed, the emperor himself fell sick, (although later live but paranoyed) his wife died, and no more $$ and people to continue the campain. PLUS there wasn't much to "reconquer" anyways. It was all... Dead