The Fall of Rome

Video about the Visigoths sack of Rome in 410AD, clips are from the series Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire and the music is from the soundtrack of the Austrian film Der Untergang [Downfall].

In 410AD the Roman Empire was in crisis and falling apart. Barbarians tore through the Empire and rebellions erupted everywhere. The much diminished and weakened Roman armies were tied down on the borders or fighting rebels. In 410AD a barbarian tribe known as the Visigoths or Goths, led by their King Alaric, besieged the city of Rome itself. The young and weak Emperor was powerless and Rome poorly garrisoned. The Goths fell upon the ancient city, burning, looting, pillaging and killing. Rome was sacked again in 455AD and in 476AD the last Emperor in the West was deposed and the once glorious, invincible Empire ended.

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[ShlomoHaAvinoo]

Amazing.rome must die.

[Legomakerx]

the beautiful music just doesn't belong to a video full of violence and wars; it just doesnt.

[MrGchiasson]

How long do we have before history painfully repeats itself?

[ElGladiateur]

SPQR renascitur ex cineribus!

[ukgreaterlondon]

CONSTANTINE VS BLONDE JULIUS CAESOR TO PREVENT THE VATICAN EMPIRE, ALARIC SET THE ROMANS FREE FROM THE VATICAN, THAT IS WHY THE WEST IS BEST IN HUMANITY ; )