163- Theodosius's Walls

163- Theodosius's Walls

MIKE DUNCANMIKE DUNCAN

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After failing to secure a deal with Honorius, Alaric sacked Rome in August of 410. It was the first time the Eternal City had been sacked in 800 years. 

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Between 412 and 415 relations between the Romans and Goths shifted back and forth between alliance and antagonism. 

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