First siege of Rome by Alaric (408)

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event in late antiquity military campaign siege

The First siege of Rome by Alaric in 408 was an early Visigothic blockade of the Western Roman capital that foreshadowed the city’s eventual sack in 410.

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Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in late antiquity ⓘ military campaign ⓘ siege ⓘ
cause	Visigothic demands for subsidies and land ⓘ political instability in the Western Roman Empire ⓘ unpaid subsidies to the Visigoths ⓘ
conflictIn	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
demand	grain supplies ⓘ large payment of gold and silver ⓘ recognition of Alaric as magister militum ⓘ
effect	outbreak of disease in Rome ⓘ severe famine in Rome ⓘ weakening of Roman morale ⓘ
endTime	408 ⓘ
followedBy	Sack of Rome 410 AD ⓘ surface form: Sack of Rome (410) Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409) ⓘ
hasBelligerent	Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
hasCapitalBesieged	Rome ⓘ
hasCommander	Alaric I ⓘ
hasOpposingCommander	Honorius ⓘ Roman Senate ⓘ
hasParticipant	Goths ⓘ surface form: Visigoths Western Roman Empire ⓘ
hasPartOfConflict	Visigothic–Roman conflicts ⓘ surface form: Roman–Gothic Wars
historicalPeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Late Roman Empire
involvesEthnicGroup	Goths ⓘ Romans ⓘ
ledBy	Alaric I ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ
militaryTheater	Italian Peninsula ⓘ
opposedBy	Honorius ⓘ surface form: Emperor Honorius Roman Senate ⓘ
precededBy	Visigothic–Roman conflicts ⓘ surface form: Visigothic campaigns in the Balkans
relatedTo	Early Middle Ages ⓘ surface form: Migration Period Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ surface form: Third century crisis
result	increased pressure on Emperor Honorius ⓘ payment of ransom by the Roman Senate ⓘ temporary lifting of siege after negotiations ⓘ
significance	contributed to decline of Western Roman imperial authority ⓘ demonstrated vulnerability of Rome ⓘ foreshadowed the Sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ
startTime	408 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuringReignOf	Honorius ⓘ
usedStrategy	blockade ⓘ starvation of the city ⓘ

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Sack of Rome 410 AD → precededBy → First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (410)

Sack of Rome 410 AD → precededBy → First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (410)

this entity surface form: Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409)