Sack of Rome in 410 August 24 (or according to some of the 416) completed the third siege (after those of 408 and 409 ) led by Alaric's Visigoths The and had an immediate resonance throughout the Empire, felt as epoch-making event, was seen by St. Augustine (De Civitate Dei in ) as a sign of the approaching end of the world or of the punishment inflicted by God the capital of paganism. The
Visigoths, after two failed attempts ( 408 and 409), April 410 (after were treacherously attacked by the troops of Emperor Honorius to Ravenna), returned to the walls of Rome and started me to the third siege in three years, blocking all access roads, including the Tiber and supplies from Porto and Ostia .
The siege continued incessantly for five months, forcing hungry people to feed even cats, mice and dogs. Infectious diseases claimed many victims (the sources speak of fever, but it was more likely to cholera) and also cited cases of cannibalism.
The siege was particularly struck by the less poor population, and it was probably a desperate group of starving the decision to end the siege.
the night of August 24 , the Porta Salaria was opened to the besiegers. The 50,000 Visigoths come like a river in flood. Thus began the second sack of the Eternal City, which has remained untouched since the days of Brennus .
Nevertheless, Rome inspired respect to the invaders and in the three days of pillage Alaric gave orders not to kill anyone and to save the places of worship and placed under its protection Pope Innocent I. These helpless before his eyes he saw the havoc in the city where he fell, made less by the Goths themselves or by the former slaves (freed the year before) thirsty for revenge. Alaric paid homage to the tombs of the Apostles and in a sense respect the sacredness of the City.
During the sack, Alaric captured as a hostage Galla Placidia, sister of Honorius, he married her and she would rule the new kingdom of Visigoths in Gaul Narbonese (after the death of Alaric, she married his brother Ataulfo \u200b\u200b ).
Rome 2010. This time there are barbarians who fall in the capital, this time the barbarians are in the metropolitan area of \u200b\u200bthe city. They are the boorish, the ingnoranti and vandals who destroy monuments and property for a total of between 16 and 20 million €.
I had promised myself not to discuss politics and in fact I will not, but I can not tell what happened in the city on December 14, on the other hand, the blog is called (homo) sex & the city.
I love Rome, see the Christmas lights of downtown is something wonderful and not so enviable transiggo a setting that is devastated by the emeritus head of what I say. The problem is that these "emeritus heads do not say what" politically are covered by some characters of dubious morality with the city of Rome has nothing to do and I refer to Antonio di Pietro, leader of Molise IDV and Angela Finocchiaro, one of many of the PD, Sicilian woman of dubious morality and double as supports the Governor Lombardo investigated for collusion with the Mafia as well as various events gidiziarie passed over in silence in exchange for this noble lady attorney places his family, but this blog is censored in the various free. After the usual
expressed solidarity with the police, the guerrillas have irrisponsabilmente stated that last Tuesday was provoked and caused by undercover cops, policemen sent by the Government. Now I do not understand why these infiltrators there are only and exclusively within the events left, are the same people who violently objected to the party Schifani of PD are the same ones who tried to lynch Bonanni has recently cited in both the party "democratic". And all their voters, at this point unable to question and reason argue that ideally these claims have now been refuted by several arrests. Surprisingly enough information sites such as purple or silent partner singer today, even a newspaper like "Done" abandon these arguments advanced by a conspiracy and ideological journal of the lowest quality as "La Repubblica".
These guys remind me of a writer who I love very, Steve Berry. The difference is that Berry is a novelist and the others should take to heart the fate of the country and say disconnected phrases.
The novel "The latest conspiracy" comes to analyze the Fourteenth Station of the Cross: this is the last station, or when the Apostles bear the body of Jesus in the tomb.
For pure spirit narrative, Berry wonders if the apostles are actually bringing the body into the grave or, rather, are bringing the outside. In fact if you do not have faith, bearing the image above could be interpreted: it is a still image and you can see is the scene towards the interior of the tomb that outward thereof.
Similarly these politicians of the lowest who have taken the photos taken and analyzed as she pleased. For example, the financier who is with his arm around the neck of a protester, protesters are doing this according to many cuddles the military is not trying to hurt him.
E 'this strange theory that the Democrats are always neat urged and pure, when Linda urged and are not pure, but rather they are more sullied the Republican American.
not find much difference between the sack of Rome in 410 and the manifestation of the devastating Dec. 14. They just expressed hatred, violence and idiocy. And in 2010 this is absolutely intolerable. Nothing to do with faith or political ideology that I have and which I do not intend to speak in this blog, but it comes to love and respect not only to his own city in constant evolution, but of love and respect towards others. Freedom does not turn into debauchery and especially where the damage caused by some facts can not be paid by all.
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