Rome Sacked/Falls to Barbarians- 410 C.E.

Q: Alaric I, why did you sack Rome?

A: My group, the Visagoths, and I sacked Rome because we wanted their food. We seiged for two years and once we got in we saw that many people were being starved and dieing of disease. We came inside and killed more people, took their money, and the last bit of food they had. We didn't find much so we left Rome to suffer. This event was important because the empire was so strong and then one day when they got surrounded they fell apart.

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