The Sack of Rome by the Visigoths on 24 August 410
Joseph-Noël Sylvestre · 1890
Why it's great
In 410 the Visigoths under Alaric broke into Rome, the first time in about 800 years that an enemy had taken the city. Joseph-Noël Sylvestre's big painting of 1890 shows the invaders pulling down the statues of the old gods.
🏛️ Part of history
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (312–476) — In 410 the Visigoths under Alaric broke into Rome, the first time in about 800 years that an enemy had taken the city.
Where to see it
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Joseph-Noël Sylvestre was a French painter born in Béziers in 1847. He studied in Paris and painted large history scenes, especially of the fall of ancient Rome, some of which hang in French museums. He died in Paris in 1926.
