Sack of Rome (410 CE)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause political instability in Rome
breakdown of Roman authority
failure to pay tribute to Visigoths
gptkbp:consequence psychological shock to Roman world
gptkbp:contemporary_account_by gptkb:Orosius
gptkb:Augustine_of_Hippo
gptkb:Saint_Jerome
gptkbp:date 24 August 410 CE
gptkbp:depicts various artworks and literature
The City of God (Augustine)
gptkbp:followedBy further decline of Western Roman Empire
gptkbp:historicalSignificance marked decline of Roman Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sack of Rome (410 CE)
gptkbp:involves destruction of property
enslavement of citizens
plundering of Rome
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Alaric_I
gptkbp:location gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:notable_for first sack of Rome in 800 years
symbolic end of Roman power
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Roman_Senate
gptkb:Honorius
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Visigoths
gptkbp:precededBy Siege of Rome (409 CE)
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Sack_of_Rome_(1527)
Sack of Rome (455 CE)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Migration_Period
gptkb:Gothic_War
gptkbp:result Visigoth victory
gptkbp:target gptkb:Western_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Romans_(later_period)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7