CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Theodoric
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Odoacer
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Alaric
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Augustulus
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been replaced in that position first by Mediolanum (now Milan) in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Alaric really wanted was land on which his people could settle and an accepted place within the empire, which the authorities in Ravenna would not give him. Needing to keep his followers well rewarded, he marched on Rome and besieged it until the Roman senate paid him to go away.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sack of Rome by the Visigoths led by Alaric I. Rome recovered from the Gallic debacle and went on to flourish for nearly 800 years, but its second sacking in A.D. 410 marked the beginning of a long and excruciating fall. At the time, the Roman Empire was divided and on the decline.