Why is the time period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire called the Dark Ages?

The idea of the “Dark Ages” came from later scholars who were heavily biased toward ancient Rome. In the years following 476 A.D., various Germanic peoples conquered the former Roman Empire in the West (including Europe and North Africa), shoving aside ancient Roman traditions in favor of their own

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d: their own individual powers within the new goverment