Gothic invasion of Italy (5th century)

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The Gothic invasion of Italy in the 5th century was a series of campaigns by the Visigoths and later the Ostrogoths that contributed to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the establishment of Gothic rule in the Italian peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
contributedTo collapse of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime 493 ⓘ
followedBy Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Ostrogothic Kingdom
hasCause Eastern Roman policy to use Ostrogoths against Odoacer ⓘ
Visigothic search for land and security within the empire ⓘ
pressure of barbarian groups on Roman frontiers ⓘ
weakening of Western Roman imperial authority ⓘ
hasCommander Alaric I ⓘ
Odoacer ⓘ
Theodoric the Great ⓘ
linked to: Theoderic the Great
hasEffect deposition of Odoacer in 493 ⓘ
end of direct Western Roman imperial rule in Italy ⓘ
establishment of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy ⓘ
further destabilization of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ
hasLocation Aquileia ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Milan ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
Pavia ⓘ
Ravenna ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Verona ⓘ
hasOpponent Flavius Stilicho ⓘ
linked to: Stilicho

Honorius ⓘ
Odoacer's forces ⓘ
Western Roman field armies ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman army
hasPart First Visigothic invasion of Italy (401–402) ⓘ
Ostrogothic campaign against Odoacer (488–493) ⓘ
Ostrogothic invasion of Italy under Theodoric the Great ⓘ
Second Visigothic invasion of Italy (408–410) ⓘ
Visigothic invasion of Italy under Alaric I ⓘ
hasParticipant Ostrogoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths

Visigoths ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic army

Western Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Late Antiquity ⓘ
Migration Period ⓘ
precededBy Gothic War against the Eastern Roman Empire (376–382) ⓘ
result Gothic rule over Italy ⓘ
redistribution of land to Gothic warriors in Italy ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Pollentia ⓘ
Battle of Verona (402) ⓘ
Battle of Verona (489) ⓘ
Battle of the Adda (489) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Adda

siege of Ravenna (490–493) ⓘ
siege of Rome (408–410) ⓘ
startTime 401 ⓘ

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Invasions of Italy → hasPart → Gothic invasion of Italy (5th century) ⓘ
Radagaisus → conflict → Gothic invasion of Italy (405–406) ⓘ
linked to: Gothic invasion of Italy (5th century)
Battle of Faesulae (406) → relatedTo → Gothic invasions of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Gothic invasion of Italy (5th century)