2: The Barbarian World
The Fall of Rome Podcast
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In 376 AD, the Goths were driven to the Danube River. The Romans saw them as a potential source of new recruits for the army. Within two years they would be an open rebellion against the Romans. They would defeat a Roman army in open battle and leave an emperor dead on the battlefield. 30 years later, these people and their descendants would capture and sack the city of Rome itself.
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