Sack of Rome 455 AD

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historical event military conflict sack

The Sack of Rome in 455 AD was a pivotal event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire, when the Vandal king Genseric led his forces in a two-week plundering of the city.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sack of Rome (455)	2
Vandal sack of Rome (455)	3
Sack of Rome (455 CE)	1
Sack of Rome (546)	1
Sack of Rome by the Vandals in 455	1
Vandal sack of Rome	1
Vandal–Alan sack of Rome in 455	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military conflict ⓘ sack ⓘ
associatedWith	Empress Licinia Eudoxia ⓘ Petronius Maximus ⓘ Pope Leo I ⓘ
combatant	Vandals ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
commander	Genseric ⓘ
conflict	decline of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
country	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
describedIn	later Latin chronicles ⓘ works of Procopius ⓘ
duration	about two weeks ⓘ
followed	Sack of Rome 410 AD ⓘ surface form: Sack of Rome (410)
followedBy	Sack of Rome 455 AD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sack of Rome (546)
follows	Sack of Rome 410 AD ⓘ surface form: Sack of Rome (410) by the Visigoths
hasCause	assassination of Emperor Valentinian III ⓘ breach of marriage alliance between Vandals and Western Roman Empire ⓘ invitation by Empress Licinia Eudoxia (according to some sources) ⓘ political instability in the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
hasEffect	consolidation of Vandal power in the western Mediterranean ⓘ economic loss for Rome ⓘ further weakening of Western Roman imperial authority ⓘ psychological shock in the Roman world ⓘ
hasEndTime	455-06-16 ⓘ
hasStartTime	455-06-02 ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Alans ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Romans Vandals ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
method	siege followed by organized plunder ⓘ
notableFeature	Pope Leo I negotiated with Genseric ⓘ Vandals carried off large quantities of treasure ⓘ Vandals removed spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem previously taken by Titus ⓘ Vandals took many Romans as captives ⓘ systematic looting rather than mass slaughter ⓘ
opposingCommander	Petronius Maximus ⓘ Roman Senate ⓘ surface form: Roman Senate (collective leadership)
partOf	Fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ
pointInTime	455 ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity dominant in the Roman Empire ⓘ
result	Vandal victory ⓘ extensive plundering of Rome ⓘ
significantEventFor	Rome ⓘ Vandal Kingdom ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Empress Licinia Eudoxia → associatedWithEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandal sack of Rome (455)

Petronius Maximus → associatedWithEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandal sack of Rome (455)

Sack of Rome 410 AD → followedBy → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (410)

this entity surface form: Sack of Rome (455)

Sack of Rome 455 AD → followedBy → Sack of Rome 455 AD self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (455)

this entity surface form: Sack of Rome (546)

Fall of the Western Roman Empire → hasKeyEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sack of Rome (455 CE)

Roman Empire → keyEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

Genseric → led → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandal sack of Rome (455)

Vandals → notableEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sack of Rome (455)

Western Roman Empire → notableEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sack of Rome by the Vandals in 455

Alans → participatedIn → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandal–Alan sack of Rome in 455

Vandal Kingdom → significantEvent → Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandal sack of Rome