Sack of Rome (410)
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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.
Romulus Augustulus
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Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, th
Solidus of Romulus Augustus, marked: dn romvlvs avgvstvs p f avg
Castel dell'Ovo or castellum Lucullanum in Naples in southern Italy, where Romulus Augustus lived following his deposition in 476. This is a more recent structure than the one to which he was exiled.
Tremissis of Romulus Augustus
Tremissis of Julius Nepos (r. 474–475/480), Romulus Augustus's predecessor