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A few important factors which you missed:1. The migration of barbarian hordes from the North and Western Europe shifted the balance of power significantly in the Western Roman Empire. Rome enlisted some of these hordes to fight off it's new enemies. In doing so, the Empire taught the barbarians all of their military tactics; a mistake which would haunt them for generations as they turned what few allies they had into enemies.2. Disease. Many of the towns and villages in southern Gaul and northern Italy were either abandoned or the inhabitants already dead by the time the barbarians reached them. It's obviously not too difficult to conquer territories when there's no one around to stop you.3. For all intents and purposes the Eastern portion of the Empire had abandoned the West. Despite pleas from the Pope, the Eastern Empire refused to send reinforcements using economics and fear of spreading the plague as an excuse. So, the Pope cut a deal. The barbarians could have everything but Rome. They agreed because their leaders had already been converted to Christianity.
A few important factors which you missed:
1. The migration of barbarian hordes from the North and Western Europe shifted the balance of power significantly in the Western Roman Empire. Rome enlisted some of these hordes to fight off it's new enemies. In doing so, the Empire taught the barbarians all of their military tactics; a mistake which would haunt them for generations as they turned what few allies they had into enemies.
2. Disease. Many of the towns and villages in southern Gaul and northern Italy were either abandoned or the inhabitants already dead by the time the barbarians reached them. It's obviously not too difficult to conquer territories when there's no one around to stop you.
3. For all intents and purposes the Eastern portion of the Empire had abandoned the West. Despite pleas from the Pope, the Eastern Empire refused to send reinforcements using economics and fear of spreading the plague as an excuse. So, the Pope cut a deal. The barbarians could have everything but Rome. They agreed because their leaders had already been converted to Christianity.
