3: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's End
The Fall of Rome Podcast
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The Goths' Entry Into the Empire in 376
In 376, the Goths showed up on the Danube asking for entry to the Roman Empire. This happened constantly along the empire's frontiers; it wasn't a novel idea. Some historians would say that the scale of the Goths' entry into the empire in 376 was something new. But there had been plenty of other sizable groups admitted to the empire before.
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