Majorian almost managed to retake the West and yet he was betrayed

>>1503442
It would've certainly have given the (true) Roman Empire a bit more life. I think Stilicho was the name of a Roman general who was actually competent at fighting off the Germanic barbarians but he too was killed by political rivals. Honestly if it's reached a point where politicians put their paranoia and egos above the survival of state like late Rome did then it deserves to die.

>>1503442
They would have a little while

This might be a little contrarian... but I think the Western Roman Empire was capable of absorbing Germanic peoples in Majorian's time (absolute bloody legend by the way). The Empire had provincial elites of many different nationalities to manage the Empire even in its heyday (Augustus to the Severans), so I think it was possible to preserve the Empire

Keep in mind the Romans had a crisis almost as severe before Aurelian. Diocletian and Constantine launched reform efforts that saved the Empire for a whole century

Anyway the fuckers killed Majorian and the Empire was finally killed by the stupid court intruiges and naval sabotage

Oh and BTW the navy was ignominiously captured in the Vandal invasion. Majorian's brand new fleet (which I think took 3 years to build) was sabotaged. Fatal for the Empire, they could not stop the Vandals

>>1503442
Only if North Africa was conquered and then only Rome got lucky and had a string of extremely competant emporers

I wish I could decently run Attila TW