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The Huns arrive, how Rome's alliance with the Goths became the empire's greatest catastrophe

In 376 AD, desperate to manage a Gothic refugee crisis while fighting Persia, Emperor Valens made a fateful decision to allow ...
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Rome’s Fall: The Rise of the Goths

Explore how the Goths played a decisive role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire through a series of migrations, military confrontations, and political upheavals. From the catastrophic Battle of ...
New Scientist

The ancient Goths were an ethnically diverse group

Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a ...
The Economist

A brilliant Goth’s-eye view of the sack of Rome

Alaric the Goth. By Douglas Boin.W.W. Norton; 272 pages; $26.95 and £19.99. THE SMOKE began to rise above the orange-tiled roofs of the eternal city on August 24th 410AD. The watchmen had not seen the ...
Time

Rome Didn’t Fall When You Think It Did. Here’s Why That Fabricated History Still Matters Today

Odoacer forces Romulus Augustus to resign in 476 AD. In September of 476 AD, the barbarian commander Odoacer forced the teenaged Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustus to resign his office. The ...