Pammachius was a Roman senator who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He married Paulina. After her death, he gave himself up to works of charity.
Detail of a painting of Saint Pammachius above a side altar in the Basilica of Saints John and Paul, Rome
The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the administrative capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been rep
The Sack of Rome in 410 by the Barbarians by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre, 1890
The administrative divisions of the Roman Empire in 395, under Theodosius I
Ivory diptych of Stilicho (right) with his wife Serena and son Eucherius, ca. 395
The Sack of Rome by Évariste Vital Luminais (1821–1896). New York, Sherpherd Gallery.