Decline of the Roman Empire

My group and I reached a consensus that the Theory of Transformation states that the Roman Empire did not collapse but rather combined with the barbarians to create a mixed culture/society. For example, the historian Lucien Musset states that the Roman Empire “just transformed…so did the Germanic populations which invaded it”, which supports a mixture of culture and society within the barbarians and Rome. Overall, I would agree with the idea that the Roman empire did not fall apart, but just transformed into a new empire with barbarians included in it.

* Absent on day of assignment, did not really do in group