Vandal sack of Rome
455 · Event
Vandals under Geiseric loot Rome for two weeks; word 'vandalism' descends from the event.
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More from Roman History
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Sack of Rome by Visigoths (410)
- 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)
Around 455
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Hagia Sophia completed (537)
- Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)