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Vandal sack of Rome

King Genseric leads the Vandals through the breached city gates of Rome, as Roman citizens flee and soldiers attempt a last defense near the Forum Romanum. The scene is one of chaos and desperation, w

Year 455
Date 6/1
Location Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

King Genseric Vandal Warrior Roman Senator Fleeing Merchant Legionary Veteran
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 161 linked moments

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43 · same figure
C
Coronation of Frederick Barbarossa
1155 · same figure
D
Death of Marcus Junius Brutus
42 BC · same figure
C
Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor
800 · same figure
S
Siege of Brescia
1512 · same figure
Sack of Rome by Alaric
Sack of Rome by Alaric
410 · same figure
D
Death of Valentinian III
455 · same figure
A
Accession of Emperor Constantine I
306 · same figure
B
Battle of Forum Gallorum
43 BC · same figure
C
Coronation of Charlemagne
800 · same figure
S
Second Battle of Philippi
42 BC · same figure
B
Battle of Munda
45 BC · same figure
C
Coronation of Henry IV as Holy Roman Emperor
1084 · same figure
B
Belisarius Recaptures Rome
536 · same figure
B
Battle of Mutina
43 BC · same figure
B
Battle of Mutina
43 BC · same figure
Death of Emperor Majorian
Death of Emperor Majorian
461 · same era
D
Death of Pope Leo I
461 · same era
D
Death of Emperor Majorian
461 · same era
D
Death of Pope Leo I
461 · precedes
D
Death of Emperor Majorian
461 · precedes
C
Coronation of Henry IV as Holy Roman Emperor
1084 · same figure
D
Death of Valentinian III
455 · same figure
R
Roman Invasion of Britain under Emperor Claudius
43 · same figure
C
Coronation of Charlemagne
800 · same figure
B
Battle of Munda
45 BC · same figure
B
Belisarius Recaptures Rome
536 · same figure
C
Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor
800 · same figure
D
Death of Marcus Junius Brutus
42 BC · same figure
C
Coronation of Frederick Barbarossa
1155 · same figure
A
Accession of Emperor Constantine I
306 · same figure
Sack of Rome by Alaric
Sack of Rome by Alaric
410 · same figure
S
Siege of Brescia
1512 · same figure
B
Battle of Forum Gallorum
43 BC · same figure
S
Second Battle of Philippi
42 BC · same figure
B
Battle of Mutina
43 BC · same figure