Sack of Rome
Appearance
Sack of Rome may refer to:
Historical events involving the city of Rome
- Sack of Rome (390 BC) or Battle of the Allia, by Brennus king of Gauls
- Sack of Rome (410), by Visigoths under Alaric
- Sack of Rome (455), by Vandals under Geiseric
- Sack of Rome (546), by Ostrogoths under king Totila
- Sack of Rome (1084), by Robert Guiscard's Normans
- Sack of Rome (1527), by mercenary troops of HRE Emperor Charles V
- Sack of Rome (1870) by Cadorna's army, a part of the 1870 Capture of Rome by Piedmont.
Other uses
- The Sack of Rome (film), a 1920 Italian film depicting the 1527 event
- Le sac de Rome, an essay by Andre Chastel
- "Sack of Rome", a chess tournament victory by Sofia Polgar
- The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History and a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berlusconi, a book by Alexander Stille