Today's installment concludes Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Yet even the possession of Sicily he considered only as an intermediate step to the important expedition which he already meditated against the

But it was not easy to compute the multitudes who, from an honorable station and a prosperous fortune, were suddenly reduced to the miserable

In the sack of Rome, some rare and extraordinary examples of Barbarian virtue have been deservedly applauded.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our

Alaric advanced within three miles of Ravenna, to press the irresolution of the Imperial ministers.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection

And install their own pretender on the throne of the Caesars.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection from The History of the Decline and Fall

At the Emperor’s Court, safe in Ravenna, internal politics trumped civic affairs.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection from The History of

O king, are your demands, what do you intend to leave us?" "Your lives!" replied the haughty conqueror.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our

The first emotions of the nobles and of the people were those of surprise and indignation that a vile Barbarian should dare to insult the capital of