June 2, 455 marks the Sack of Rome. Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city over two weeks. Peter Heather, a leading authority on the late Roman Empire, chronicles what lead to this day and what happened afterwards in The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Book Title: The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Book Author: Peter Heather
ISBN Number: 9780195159547
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