# Sack of Rome by the Visigoths (410)

URL: https://roman-history.com/timeline/410-sack-of-rome-by-the-visigoths
Location: Rome
Categories: main-event

Rome was sacked for the first time in roughly eight centuries.

## Why it matters
The shock reverberated across the Roman world even though Ravenna was the western capital.

Ruler at the time: [Theodosius II](https://roman-history.com/rulers/theodosius-ii)