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The city of RomeFacts About Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and of its region, called Latium....
has been sackLooting

Looting, sacking, or plundering is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or politica...
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....
     - Rome is sacked by the Gauls after the Battle of the Allia
  • Sack of Rome (410)Sack of Rome (410) Summary

    The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410....
     - Rome is sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths
  • Sack of Rome (455)Sack of Rome (455) Summary

    The second of three barbarian sacks of Rome, the sack of 455 was commissioned by the Vandals, then at war with the usurping ...
     - 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....
     - Rome is sacked and depopulated by TotilaTotila

    Totila, born in Treviso, was king of the Ostrogoths, chosen after the death of his uncle Ildibad, having engineered the assa...
    , King of the Ostrogoths, during the war between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines
  • Sack of Rome (846)Sack of Rome (846)

    One of many sacks of Rome, that of the year 846 was the only instance of Muslims sacking the capital of the Christian church...
     - The Arab Saracens 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 Guisca...
     - Rome is sacked by the Normans of Robert Guiscard
  • Sack of Rome (1527)Sack of Rome (1527)

    The Sack of Rome of 6 May 1527 by the troops of Charles V marked a crucial imperial victory in the conflict between the Holy...
     - 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 RomeSiege of Rome

    The city of Rome has been besieged on several occasions:...