虽然“中世纪”这个词的起源可能不再像以前那样具有重要性，但是中世纪时期存在于“中间”的观念仍然有效。现在将中世纪视为古代世界与现代早期之间的时期是很常见的。不幸的是，第一个时代结束和后来时代开始的日期并不清楚。从最重要和最独特的特征来定义中世纪时代，然后确定转折点及其相关日期可能更有成效。这为我们提供了定义中世纪的各种选择。曾经，当政治历史界定过去的界限时，日期跨度476至1453通常被认为是中世纪时代的时间框架。原因是：每个日期都标志着一个帝国的衰落。在公元476年，西方罗马帝国“正式”结束时，日耳曼战士奥多塞尔废除并放逐了最后一位皇帝罗穆卢斯·奥古斯都。奥多塞尔没有取得皇帝的称号或承认其他任何人，而是选择了“意大利之王”的称号，而西方帝国则不再如此。这一事件不再被认为是罗马帝国的最终目的。事实上，罗马是否倒闭，解散或演变仍然是一个争论的问题。虽然帝国的高度跨越了从英国到埃及的领土，但即使是最庞大的帝国，罗马的官僚机构既不包括也不控制大部分成为欧洲的国家。这些土地，其中一些是处女地，将由罗马人认为是“野蛮人”的人民占据，他们的遗传和文化后裔对罗马幸存者的西方文明形成的影响同样大。
新加坡国立大学历史论文代写：帝国的衰落
Although the origin of the word “medieval” may not be as important as it used to be, the notion of “intermediate” in the Middle Ages is still valid. It is now common to see the Middle Ages as a period between the ancient world and the early modern times. Unfortunately, the date of the end of the first era and the beginning of the later era is not clear. Defining the medieval era from the most important and unique characteristics, and then determining the turning point and its associated dates may be more effective. This gives us a variety of options to define the Middle Ages. Once, when political history defined the boundaries of the past, the date spans of 476 to 1453 were generally considered to be the time frame of the medieval era. The reason: each date marks the decline of an empire. In 476 AD, when the Western Roman Empire “formally” ended, the Germanic soldier Odousel abolished and exiled the last emperor, Romulus Augustus. Odosell did not win the title of the emperor or admit anyone else, but chose the title of “King of Italy”, while the Western Empire is no longer the case. This event is no longer considered to be the ultimate goal of the Roman Empire. In fact, whether Rome is closed down, disbanded or evolved remains a matter of debate. Although the height of the empire spans the territory from Britain to Egypt, even the largest empire, Roman bureaucracy neither includes nor controls most of the countries that have become Europe. These lands, some of which are virgin land, will be occupied by the people considered by the Romans as “barbarians” whose genetic and cultural descendants have equally affected the formation of Western civilizations of the Roman survivors.