On August 24, 410 the city of Rome fell to foreign invaders for the first time in 800 years. Although no longer the capital of the Roman Empire (that had moved to Ravenna in 402), Rome was still the symbol of the Roman culture and world.
Digging Deeper
Rome had suffered the indignity of a previous sack in 387 BC (or 390 BC depending on dating system used) at the hands of the Gauls (from France), the defeated Romans forced to pay a ransom to get the Gauls to leave.
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