Sack of Rome (546)

Migration Period
Byzantine Empire
Medieval Battles

The Sack of Rome in 546 followed a year-long siege by the Gothic king Totila during the Gothic War between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantine Empire. Famine in Rome was worsened by Byzantine commanders who hoarded grain. On 17 December, Isaurian guards betrayed the city and helped Goths enter. Much of the population fled and the city was plundered. Totila spared its principal buildings after a letter from Belisarius, while the Goths partially dismantled the walls before withdrawing.

Date: 17 December 546
Belligerents: Ostrogoths and the Byzantine Empire
Outcome: Rome was plundered and its walls were partly dismantled

Sources and credits

Article: Sack of Rome (546) (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q2628454
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A.Cython, .mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px} Totila's campaign Verona (Bury pp. 229–230) Faventia (Bury p. 230) Mucellium (Bury pp. 230–231) Naples (Bury pp. 231–232) Hydruntum (Bury p. 234) Rome (Bury pp. 236–244, 249–252) Sicily (Bury p. 255) Narses's campaign Salona+Taginae (Bury p. 261–268) Rome (Bury p. 270) Mons Lactarius (Bury p. 270–274) Frankish invasion (Bury p. 274–281) Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1923). History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death
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