Siege of Rome
The city of Rome has been besieged on several occasions:
- Sack of Rome (410) - Rome is besieged and sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths
- Sack of Rome (455) - Rome is besieged and sacked by Genseric, King of the Vandals.
- Siege of Rome (537–538) - Belisarius defends the city against the Ostrogoths
- Siege of Rome (546) - Rome is besieged, sacked and depopulated by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, during the Gothic War
- Siege of Rome (549–550) - Rome is besieged and captured by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, during the Gothic War
- Siege of Rome (756) - Rome is besieged by the Lombard prince Aistulf
- Siege of Rome (1849) - Rome is besieged by French Second Empire forces during the short-lived Roman Republic
- The Capture of Rome by Italian forces in September 1870, ending the Risorgimento
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