First siege of Rome by Alaric (408)

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The First siege of Rome by Alaric in 408 was an early Visigothic blockade of the Western Roman capital that foreshadowed the city’s eventual sack in 410.

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Generate an image of First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) (The First siege of Rome by Alaric in 408 was an early Visigothic blockade of the Western Roman capital that foreshadowed the city’s eventual sack in 410.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in late antiquity ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
cause Visigothic demands for subsidies and land ⓘ
political instability in the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
unpaid subsidies to the Visigoths ⓘ
conflictIn Western Roman Empire ⓘ
demand grain supplies ⓘ
large payment of gold and silver ⓘ
recognition of Alaric as magister militum ⓘ
effect outbreak of disease in Rome ⓘ
severe famine in Rome ⓘ
weakening of Roman morale ⓘ
endTime 408 ⓘ
followedBy Sack of Rome (410) ⓘ
linked to: Sack of Rome 410 AD

Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409) ⓘ
hasBelligerent Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
hasCapitalBesieged Rome ⓘ
hasCommander Alaric I ⓘ
hasOpposingCommander Honorius ⓘ
Roman Senate ⓘ
hasParticipant Visigoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths

Western Roman Empire ⓘ
hasPartOfConflict Roman–Gothic Wars ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
involvesEthnicGroup Goths ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
ledBy Alaric I ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
location Rome ⓘ
militaryTheater Italian Peninsula ⓘ
opposedBy Emperor Honorius ⓘ
linked to: Honorius

Roman Senate ⓘ
precededBy Visigothic campaigns in the Balkans ⓘ
relatedTo Migration Period ⓘ
linked to: Early Middle Ages

Third century crisis ⓘ
result increased pressure on Emperor Honorius ⓘ
payment of ransom by the Roman Senate ⓘ
temporary lifting of siege after negotiations ⓘ
significance contributed to decline of Western Roman imperial authority ⓘ
demonstrated vulnerability of Rome ⓘ
foreshadowed the Sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ
startTime 408 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuringReignOf Honorius ⓘ
usedStrategy blockade ⓘ
starvation of the city ⓘ

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Sack of Rome (410) → precededBy → First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) ⓘ
subject linked to: Sack of Rome 410 AD
Sack of Rome (410) → precededBy → Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409) ⓘ
subject linked to: Sack of Rome 410 AD
linked to: First siege of Rome by Alaric (408)
Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409) → follows → First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) ⓘ
Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409) → precededBy → First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) ⓘ