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The city of Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 has been sack
Looting

Looting , to rob, sacking, plundering, despoiling, or pillaging is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe or riot, such as during war, natural disaster, or rioting....
ed on several occasions. Among the most famous:



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The city of Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 has been sack
Looting

Looting , to rob, sacking, plundering, despoiling, or pillaging is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe or riot, such as during war, natural disaster, or rioting....
ed on several occasions. Among the most famous:

  • Sack of Rome (387 BC)
    Battle of the Allia

    The Battle of the Allia was a battle of the first Gallic invasion of Italy. The battle was fought near the Allia river: the defeat of the Roman army opened the route for the Gauls to sack Rome....
     - 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. The Roman capital had been moved to the Italian city of Ravenna by the young emperor Honorius , after the Visigoths entered Italy....
     - Rome is sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths
  • Sack of Rome (455)
    Sack of Rome (455)

    The second of three barbarian Sack of Rome, the sack of 455 was at the hands of the Vandals, 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 between the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire....
     - Rome is sacked and depopulated by Totila
    Totila

    Totila was king of the Ostrogoths from 541 until his death. He waged the Gothic War against the Byzantine Empire for the mastery of Italy. Most of the historical evidence for Totila consists of chronicles by the Byzantine historian Procopius, who accompanied the Byzantine general Belisarius during the Gothic War....
    , King of the Ostrogoths, during the war between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines
  • Sack of Rome (846)
    Sack of Rome (846)

    One of many Sack of Rome, that of the year 846 was the only instance of Islam sacking the capital of the Christian church....
     - 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 Italo-Normans 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....
     - 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, carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, marked a crucial imperial victory in the conflict between the Holy Roman Empire and the League of Cognac ? the alliance of France, Milan, Venice, Florence and the Papacy....
     - 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


See also

  • Siege of Rome
    Siege of Rome

    The city of Rome has been siege on several occasions:*Sack of Rome - Rome is besieged and sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths*Siege of Rome - Belisarius defends the city against the Ostrogoths...