Sack of Rome
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- Sack of Rome (387 BC) - Rome is sacked by the Gauls after the Battle of the Allia
- Sack of Rome (410) - Rome is sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths
- Sack of Rome (455) - Rome is sacked by Geiseric, King of the Vandals
- Sack of Rome (546) - Rome is sacked and depopulated by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, during the war between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines
- Sack of Rome (846) - The Arab Saracens attack Rome and loot old St. Peter's Basilica, though the Roman City walls prevent further damage to the city itself.
- Sack of Rome (1084) - Rome is sacked by the Normans of Robert Guiscard.
- Sack of Rome (1527) - 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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