Alaric I408
Conducts a Siege of Rome, 408-410
Spain · Warfare / Italian Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Conducts a Siege of Rome, 408-410
Leads a Visigoth siege of Rome
Begins a siege of Rome
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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