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Sacks of Rome

Given the year and a brief description, name the peoples who successfully conquered the Eternal City
A couple of these are not strictly sacks
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Year
Description
Answer
390 BC
King Brennus of the Senones tribe sacked the city after defeating a Roman army at the Battle of the Allia
Cisalpine Gauls
410
Led by King Alaric, these people themselves were fleeing the invading Huns
Visigoths
455
King Geiseric led this invasion from North Africa, then vandalised the place
Vandals
546
King Totila was in charge of this lot when they took Rome from the Byzantines
Ostrogoths
846
These seaborne raiders plundered and sacked right up to the Aurelian Walls, including the basilicas of Old St Peter’s and St Paul’s
Aghlabids
Year
Description
Answer
1084
Pope Gregory VII probably regretted requesting military aid from Robert Guiscard’s mercenaries
Normans
1527
Ironically, underpaid troops of Emperor Charles V mutinied and sacked the city during the War of the League of Cognac
Holy Roman Empire
1870
The Papal States ended when King Victor Emmanuel II completed the unification of this country
Italy
1943
Former allies who turned on their hosts after the Armistice of Cassibile during WWII
Germany
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