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ashling

(25,771 posts) Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:55 PM Aug 2018

Calling all Goths: Know your Heritage

you have a noble and terrible history to be proud of:

On this day Aug 23 in the year of nobody in particular, :

410 – The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.

and, as honorable mention

455 – The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.