Sack of Rome
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The city of Rome has been sacked on several occasions. Among the most famous:
- 387 BC - Rome is sacked by the Gauls after the Battle of the Allia
- 410 - Rome is sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths
- 455 - Rome is sacked by Geiseric, King of the Vandals
- 546 - Rome is sacked and depopulated by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, during the war between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines
- 846 - The Saracens attack Rome and loot old St. Peter's Basilica, though the Roman City walls prevent further damage to the city itself.
- 1084 - Rome is sacked by the Normans of Robert Guiscard.
- 1527: Sack of Rome - Rome is sacked by the mutinous troops of Emperor Charles V
While Rome changed hands by force during World War II, no significant sack of the city occurred during that war; few bombs actually fell on the city, and the fighting mainly occurred elsewhere.
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