Did Rome just fade away in her last years?

[Carlton Bach]

Well, unless you accept the idea that Charlemange had real legitimacy as a Roman successor emperor. In that case, it ends in 1806. Or 1814, if you take Napoleon as a usurper.

Or 1918. The Last Emperor: Wilhelm II. (A really, really bad one, btw.´)

That is an interesting one. Do you know if the German Empire of 1871 was considered a legal continuation of the Holy Roman Empire? Because legal continuation *can* be established for all German states since, which would make us the gens togata 8)