Sack of Rome
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The city of Rome has been sacked on several occasions. Among the most famous:
Sack of Rome may also refer to:
- Battle of the AlliaBattle of the AlliaThe Battle of the Allia was a battle of the first Gallic invasion of Rome. The battle was fought near the Allia river: the defeat of the Roman army opened the route for the Gauls to sack Rome. It was fought in 390/387 BC.-Background:...
(387 BC) – Rome is sacked by the Gauls after the Battle of the Allia - Sack of Rome (410)Sack of Rome (410)The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. The city was attacked by the Visigoths, led by Alaric I. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire, replaced in this position initially by Mediolanum and then later Ravenna. Nevertheless, the city of Rome retained a...
– Rome is sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths - Sack of Rome (455)Sack of Rome (455)The sack of 455 was the second of three barbarian sacks of Rome; it was executed by the Vandals, who were then at war with the usurping Western Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus....
– Rome is sacked by Geiseric, King of the Vandals - Sack of Rome (546)Sack of Rome (546)The Sack of Rome in 546 was carried out by the Gothic king Totila during the Gothic War of 535–554 between the Ostrogoths and the East Romans . Totila was based at Tivoli and, in pursuit of his quest to reconquer the region of Latium, he moved against Rome...
– Rome is sacked and depopulated by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, during the war between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines - Sack of Rome (846)Sack of Rome (846)In 846 Arab raiders plundered the environs of Rome, including the Vatican, sacking Old St. Peter's and St. Paul's-Outside-the-Walls, but were prevented from entering the city itself by the Aurelian Wall...
– The Arabs attack Rome and loot old St. Peter's Basilica, though the Roman City walls prevent further damage to the city itself - Sack of Rome (1084)Sack of Rome (1084)The Sack of Rome of May 1084 was a Norman sack, the result of the pope's call for aid from the duke of Apulia, Robert Guiscard.Pope Gregory VII was besieged in the Castel Sant'Angelo by the Emperor Henry IV in June 1083. He held out and called for aid from the Guiscard, who was then fighting the...
– Rome is sacked by the Normans of Robert Guiscard - Sack of Rome (1527)Sack of Rome (1527)The Sack of Rome on 6 May 1527 was a military event carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in Rome, then part of the Papal States...
– Rome is sacked by the mutinous troops of Emperor Charles V
Sack of Rome may also refer to:
- "Sack of Rome", an exceptional victory in a chess tournament in Rome by Sofia Polgar