THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 24
August 24 in history
What happened on August 24: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 410, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Alaric’s sack of Rome
24 Aug 410 — Alaric’s Goths enter Rome through the Salarian Gate after a decade of being refused land and pay. They loot the city for three days. The world’s psychological capital has fallen; Jerome writes: “the city which had taken the whole world was itself taken.”
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