Sack of Rome by Visigoths
410 · Event
Alaric's Goths sack Rome; first time the city falls in 800 years.
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- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Founding of Rome (traditional) (753 BCE)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Assassination of Julius Caesar (44 BCE)
- Founding of Constantinople (330)
Around 410
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
- Edict of Milan (313)
- Council of Nicaea (325)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Conversion of Constantine (312)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Council of Chalcedon (451)