There was a collapse though. The plague, climate change and warfare lead to significant population declines. Especially in Italy.

You are referring to the Black Death and that didn’t occur until around 350 years after the end of what are colloquially known as the Dark Ages.

	▲	pqtyw 25 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		So you both can read other people's minds yet are also entirely ignorant about major well known historical events? Fascinating.
	▲	whobre 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There was also The Plague of Justinian in the 6th century which may have been more devastating than the Black Death.