Visigothic sack of Rome

Period

AD 410

Region

Europe

Category

War

The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the administrative capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been replaced first by Mediolanum in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402. Nevertheless, the city of Rome retained a paramount position as "the eternal city" and a spiritual center of the Empire. This was the first time in almost 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy, and the sack was a major shock to contemporaries, friends and foes of the Empire alike.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 44 BCAssassination of Julius Caesar
2. AD 79Eruption of Vesuvius buries Pompeii
3. AD 313Edict of Milan
4. AD 410Visigothic sack of RomeThis page
5. AD 476Fall of the Western Roman Empire
6. AD 800Coronation of Charlemagne
7. 1346–1353Black Death

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