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When the 410 AD Goth sack of Rome was at its apex, barbarians stormed through the streets, scourging the city for three nightmarish days.

Military Heritage October 2005

The Goth Sack of Rome: Barbarians at the Gate in 410 AD

By Ludwig Heinrich Dyck

The tattered banners of Hercules fluttered in the howling wind along the Frigidus River in western Italy, hard athwart the Adriatic Sea, on the afternoon of September 6, 394 ad. Read more

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