aug 24, 410 - Sack of Rome

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Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been replaced in that position by Mediolanum (Milan) in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402.
Nevertheless, the city of Rome retained a paramount position as the "Eternal City" and a spiritual center of the Empire. T
The sack was a major shock to contemporaries, friends and foes of the Empire alike
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