Sack of Rome by the Visigoths

Name: Sack of Rome by the Visigoths
Start: 410

Type Event Region Italy Time 410

In August 410 CE, Visigothic king Alaric I besieged and entered Rome, sacking it for three days—the first capture of the imperial capital by foreigne…

Timeline

408–410Rome · LazioAlaric led the Visigoths south from northern Italy, besieging Rome repeatedly and negotiating with the Western Roman authorities over grain and land compensation; after Honorius's court broke its promises and Stilicho was executed, the situation worsened and negotiations collapsed.
410Rome · LazioThe Visigoths entered the city through the Porta Salaria, plundering wealth and captives for three consecutive days; although they ordered protection of the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul, the empire's symbolic capital was devastated, shaking the entire Christian world.

Sources

Sack of Rome https://www.britannica.com/event/Sack-of-Rome-410
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians — Peter Heather (2006)