12 events with tag "sack"
390 BC
ID: 279
Gauls sack Rome - Brennus demands ransom, 'Vae victis' (woe to the conquered), geese save Capitol
ID: 279
390 BC
ID: 2651
Gauls sack Rome - Brennus defeats Romans at Allia, only Capitol holds out (geese wake guards), 'Vae victis' - woe to conquered
ID: 2651
387 BC
ID: 3663
Brennus sacks Rome - Celtic chieftain defeats Romans, 'Vae victis,' geese save Capitol
ID: 3663
165
ID: 4669
Romans sack Ctesiphon again - Lucius Verus burns palace, plague spreads to Rome
ID: 4669
197
ID: 4037
Severus sacks Ctesiphon - captures Parthian capital, creates new provinces
ID: 4037
198
ID: 4670
Septimius Severus sacks Ctesiphon - third Roman sack, 100,000 enslaved
ID: 4670
540
ID: 4685
Sack of Antioch - Khosrow I captures and depopulates major Roman city
ID: 4685
860
ID: 2627
Vikings sack Winchester - West Saxon capital burned, but Vikings driven off by relieving force
ID: 2627
1011
ID: 5809
September 19, 1011
Canterbury sacked and Archbishop Aelfheah captured - Thorkell's Vikings destroy cathedral, hold archbishop for ransom
ID: 5809
1204
ID: 4780
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople - worst disaster in Byzantine history, treasures looted, empire fragments
ID: 4780
1204
ID: 5108
Venice sacks Constantinople - directs Fourth Crusade against Byzantium, steals treasures including four bronze horses
ID: 5108
1527
ID: 5150
May 6, 1527
Sack of Rome by Imperial troops - Pope Clement VII (Medici) besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo
ID: 5150