Ancient Rome · SITE OF MEMORY · 455

Vandal sack of Rome (455)

On the Ancient Rome map as “The second sack”

Jun 455 — Geiseric’s Vandals spend fourteen days systematically stripping Rome, taking even the gilded roof-tiles from a temple. They burn nothing. The later word “vandalism” is an unearned epitaph.

When: Jun 455
Type: Site of memory
Chapter: Fall of the Western Roman Empire (chapter 11 of Ancient Rome)
Atlas: The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476

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Map showing Vandal sack of Rome (455), site of memory in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476 — SITE OF MEMORY · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical coastlines and rivers

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Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, and reprojected by Maps of History; dated adjustments are recorded per layer.. CC BY 4.0
Made with Natural Earth. Modern physical geography is a coastline/river reference, not evidence of ancient sovereignty.. Public domain

The source451 Hunnic extent includes the campaign into Gaul. It appears only in the existing sphere/contested overlay, rather than as a new solid claim of sovereignty.

Displayed geometry: 451 (s451); chapter framing: 451. The map shows the moment selected for the chapter, even when the chapter spans several events.

reconstruction: 451 · reconstruction: AD395 East/West source boundary · reconstruction: AD395 western footprint compared with AD451 · reconstruction: Modern physical shoreline reference · vector: 283 to 454 · vector: 347 to 646 · vector: 387 to 475 · vector: 402 to 489 · vector: 402 to 509 · vector: 402 to 533 · vector: 426 to 454 · vector: 441 to 457 · vector: 441 to 461 · vector: 443 to 454 · vector: 451 to 451 · vector: 451 to 454 · vector: 451 to 489

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