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The Capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) occurred on 20 September 1870, as forces of the Kingdom of Italy took control of the city and of the Papal States. After a plebiscite held on 2 October 1870, Rome was officially made capital of Italy on 3 February 1871, completing the unification of Italy ( Risorgimento ).
The sack of Rome in 455, was carried out by the Vandals led by their king Gaiseric. A peace treaty between the Western Roman Empire and Vandal Kingdom included a marriage of state between the daughter of Roman Emperor Valentinian III and the son of Gaiseric.
Nevertheless, the city of Rome retained a paramount position as "the eternal city" and a spiritual center of the Empire. This was the first time in almost 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy, and the sack was a major shock to contemporaries, friends and foes of the Empire alike.
Sack of Rome (390 BC) after the Battle of the Allia, by Brennus, king of the Senone Gauls; Sack of Rome (410), by Visigoths under Alaric I; Sack of Rome (455), by Vandals under Genseric; Sack of Rome (472), by Germanic foederati under Ricimer; Sack of Rome (546), by Ostrogoths under King Totila; Siege of Rome (549–550), also by Totila
The Sack of Rome. New York: Dorset. Dos Santos Davim, Damien (2021). Charles Quint maître de la péninsule italienne aux temps de la ligue de Cognac (in French). La Bruyère éditions. ISBN 9782750016524. Pitts, Vincent Joseph (1993). The man who sacked Rome: Charles de Bourbon, constable of France (1490–1527). American university studies ...
Battle of Rome, a 537 battle during the Siege of Rome; Arab raid against Rome (846) Capture of Rome, an 1870 battle with the Kingdom of Sardinia; German occupation of Rome, a battle in September 1943 between German and Italian forces after the Italian Armistice of Cassibile with the Allies. Liberation of Rome or the Battle of Rome, a 1944 ...
Siege of Rome may refer to: Siege of Rome (508 BC), ... Capture of Rome (1870), by the Kingdom of Italy; Liberation of Rome (1944), by the Allies during World War II;
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