Alaric: A Gothic Leader

The Huns slaughtered people in Rome and caused a lot of death. One of the major instances when the city of Rome was invaded happened in the year 410 and was called the “Sack of Rome.” More specifically, the Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. King Alaric was the leader of this invasion and was successful in partially taking over Rome. The Visigoths, a germanic force led by King Alaric, destroyed important cities and left little remaining of the Roman empire.

The reason Rome fell was because of its weak leaders. These leaders (emperors) made many bad decisions in their time in power (Document B). One of these decisions was made in between 400- 450 CE. The army at that time had requested

During the period of Rome’s decline several different outside forces attacked Rome. They were the Vandals, Visigoths, and Huns. The Vandals took the region of Gaul, and the Roman army was too disorganized to stop them. The Visigoths plundered and took control of Rome, attacking them through the Alps. The Huns, while paid off by Pope Leo I to have them spare Rome, attacked both parts of the empire. The invasion of the Huns also led to more people seeking refuge and protection in the Roman Empire. The invasion of outside

When these invasions took place Rome didn't defend themselves properly and thats how these germanic warriors took over the outskirts of Rome. If they hadn't been so prideful and didnt forget about their

One of the greatest empires began to fall to its knees after hundreds of years, but the question is, how? Rome was one of the greatest empires for a long time, but then they started to decline. The Roman Military started to become lazy, which lead to failure. Then between 220-476 CE the Roman Empire started to be sacked by foreign invaders. Although, some researchers may say that natural disasters led to the fall of Rome, nevertheless the primary reasons for the decline of Rome are foreign invasions, and military mistakes.

As Rome’s army started to get lazy and didn’t wear armor they fought the Goths. Rome’s army did not have any armor on so they

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As shown in document C, many outsiders were shown to have been invading Rome from all sorts of places. The author of document D described one of the invaders (the huns) as savages, being wild, and having a strong desire for power and land. The Roman army being weak from lack of armor as described in document B, made it easier for the invaders to take over Rome around similar times as shown in document C. This problem contributed to Rome’s fall because the foreign invasions were all happening around the same time as shown by the map on document C. The invaders were like savages, power hungry, and wild as described in document D. The Roman army already being weak as talked about in document B and G, made it easier for the invaders to take

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The Goths rebelled again in 395 this time under Alaric. While this Gothic army never won any major battles they totally defeated by the Romans. Alaric invaded Italy in 402 but was pushed back by Stilicho. While the Romans were trying to deal with the Goths the Vandals, Suebi, and Alans crossed the Rhine into Roman Empire. Alaric invaded Italy again in 407 and this time Stilicho paid him 4,000 pounds in gold to leave. By paying off the Goths this made Stilicho an enemy in the eyes of the some officials and eventually Stilicho was executed which left the West Empire without a strong general. Eventually this led to the sack of Rome in 410. While Rome wasn’t politically important anymore it was the most symbolic city in the world at the time. People were ‘Roman citizens’ not Milanian citizens. Sacking Rome sent an enormous message not only to the Emperor but to the other German tribes that if we can sack Rome, then anybody can sack

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    Though Rome was a great empire that conquered countless territories, it was not immune to the numerous attacks from barbarians such as the Huns, the Visigoths, the Vandals, and others. The barbarians would raid and sack the capital and other cities in ancient Rome, leaving them without money or tradable items. The Vandals did so much damage to the cities that their name is associated with the crime of extensive damage to property. The Huns were another destructive group of barbarians that were led by Attila. They raided Rome in 451 AD, leaving an immense trail of destruction. Other barbarians attacked Rome at different times, each leaving Rome weaker and helpless. Each attack destroyed their economy and left them desperate for a solution. The Ostrogoths finally caused the Western Empire to fall when Odoacer chased Romulus Augustus, the last of the Roman emperors, off the

After he was done with Greece he went back to Italy and in 410 CE began to sack Rome. When Alaric I died, Athaulf was the new leader and he took over Gaul and created the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse. Many leaders later the Visigoths managed to take over a large chunk of Spain. In 507 CE, Frank leader Clovis defeated Visigoth leader Alaric II in the battle of Clovis and the Visigothic kingdom became Frankish. The legacy that the Visigoths left were that they are seen as nation builders.

Other Germanic tribes “came under new pressure when the Huns… moved into the Black Sea Region” because of how fierce they actually were (Duiker and Spielvogel 165). The Black Huns defeat the Visigoths, and the Visigoths were forced to flee. As a result of their defeat, the Visigoths found themselves begging the Romans for asylum. The Romans agreed and allowed the Visigoths to settle comfortably in the Roman Empire, however, as time passed this did not work because the Romans did not treat the Visigoths nicely. As a result, the Visigoths rebelled against the Romans because they treated them mean. In 378 A.D., the Battle of Adrianople took place between the Visigoths and the Romans. The battle proved to be a major upset, and the Visigoths defeated the Roman army. In the past, if the Romans lost then they could regroup and fight again until they win the war. Now, it has gotten to the point where the Romans have no more resources to do that anymore. After Adrianople, the Visigoths began to wander around the Roman Empire, killing, destroying, and even stealing. They even tried to attack Constantinople, and the Romans were unable to stop them. The Visigoths went west and somehow wandered into Italy. They captured the city of Rome, and for the first time in 800 years, a foreign army captured Rome. However, the Visigoths did not stay long and eventually

From the east, the Sassanid Persians made in-roads into Roman territory and began attacking Rome’s borders from their lands farther into Asia (Spielvogel 186). The Sassanids were Mesopotamian Persians, and were always an enemy and threat to Rome since their first appearance as a prominent power in the third century C.E. (Sassanid). Beginning around 230, the Goths, a Germanic tribe, also began raiding the northern border provinces of Rome (Nardo-2004 24). It was this group that would turn out to be one of Rome’s greatest problems from the barbarian tribes.