The Visigoths under Alaric I sack Rome after a third siege

Quando

24 de ago. de 410

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Evento

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41.89° N, 12.48° E

Posicionado em: coordinates of the event it links, Sack of Rome (410).

The Visigoths under Alaric I sack Rome after a third siege. Slaves open the Salarian Gate and Goths loot the city for three days; according to Augustine in The City of God and others, comparatively few Roman men are killed and women raped. Only two churches are burned, and people who took refuge in churches are usually spared. Many Romans who survived the Sack flee to Africa, or to the Eastern Empire (see Saint Jerome). It is the first time since 390 BC that Rome has fallen to an enemy. This marks the decline of the Roman Empire. Only 45 years later, in 455 AD, Rome will again be sacked, this time by the Vandals who will kill, burn, and loot much more ferociously than the Visigoths in 410 AD.

Siege and sack of Rome by the Visigoths

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.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Alarik komutasında Vizigotlar Roma'yı yağmalanmaya başladılar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Meuternde westgotische Söldner unter ihrem Anführer Alarich belagern Rom, erobern die Stadt am 24. August und plündern sie drei Tage lang”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “sac de Rome”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “захват Рима вестготами Алариха и его разграбление”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “en Roma (península itálica), los visigodos de Alarico I saquean e incendian la ciudad durante tres días”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “西ゴート族によるローマ略奪。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte