Constantine III18 August 410
The Visigoths under Alaric sack & destroy Rome
Roman Empire · Warfare / Roman Empire-Visigoths War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Visigoths under Alaric sack & destroy Rome
Rome is overrun by Visigoths, symbolized as the fall of the Western Roman Empire
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