Machado, Carlos

Editor: Lipps, Johannes; Machado, Carlos; von Rummel, Philipp

The Sack of Rome in 410 AD

The Event, its Context, and its Impact

On 24 August 410 the city of Rome the Goths led by their king Alaric captured and looted the city of Rome for three days. This was the first conquest of Rome in 800 years, an...