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Tinguely, Timeline 3 - Barbarian Invasions Into Rome

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  • Period: 300 to 500

    First Phase of Migration

    Roughly starting with Attila's invasion into Europe in 375 A.D.
  • 370

    Alaric I

    Alaric I
    Barbarian Leaders: Alaric was the leader of the Visigoths. After failing to receive land and payment for the Visigoths service in the Roman Army, Alaric invades Italy. Invades Italy in 401 and sacks Rome. Born in 370
  • 400

    Genseric King of the Vandals

    Genseric King of the Vandals
    Barbarian Leaders: The Vandals settled in what is now Andalusia, Spain, After devastating Spain crossing into North Africa Genseric would eventually sack Rome in 455. Possibly born in 400 A.D.
  • 406

    Attila the Hun

    Attila the Hun
    Barbarian Leaders: Attila arrived in Europe around 375 A.D. Attila was the leader of a coalition of tribes the Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans etc.... After sacking Margus and Viminacium, he moved into Italy, but failed to capture the city of Rome. Born in 406
  • 408

    First Visigoth Siege of Rome

    Barbarian Battles with Rome: 30,000 feodorati joined Alaric marching across the Julian Alps. In 408, Alaric laid siege to Rome but in the face of hunger, the Roman citizens paid him off to leave.
  • 410

    Visigoths sack Rome

    Barbarian Battles with Rome: After failed negotiations with Honorius, King Alaric I attacked Rome a third time (after a first and second attempt), finally capturing Rome in 410.
  • 410

    Visigoths' Migration

    Path of Migration: After invading Italy and sacking Rome in 410, the Visigoths first settled in Gaul, then 50 years later, in Iberia, founding a kingdom that lasting for 250 years.
  • 419

    Battle of the Nervasos Mountains

    Barbarian Battles with Rome: Occurred in the year 419, was a battle between a coalition of Suebi, under King Hermeric together with Roman Imperial forces, (Suebi's allies), took place in Spain, against a coalition of Vandals and Alans led by their King Gunderic.
  • 420

    Vandals' Migration

    Path of Migration: The Vandals and the Alans, led by King Gaiseric, fought the Suebi and Roman forces in Gaul and Spain, the Vandals crossed the straits into North Africa and settled there.
  • 451

    The Huns' Migration

    Path of Migration: After defeating the Goths of eastern Europe, the Slavs, the Franks, the Roman Empire etc...the Huns settled in the area that is now known as Hungary (some time after 451).