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Wiki excerpt:
The Sack of Rome in 455 and the Visigothic sack of 410 shocked the Roman world and symbolized the decline and impending fall of the Western Roman Empire, marking a pivotal moment in European history.
Background
Since its founding in 395 AD, the Western Roman Empire was in a prolonged state of decline. One of its major issues was a mass migration of Germanic and other non-Roman peoples known as the Migration Period. [...]
Rome had ceased to be the capital of the empire by the beginning of the 4th century and a multitude of cities served as the capital of the western empire.[7]
Sack
The Vandals landed at Ostia, located at the mouth of the Tiber only a few miles southwest of Rome. Maximus tried to flee Rome, but was spotted by an angry mob and stoned to death before being thrown into the Tiber.[11] Before approaching, the Vandals knocked down the aqueducts that supplied water to the city.[12] Pope Leo I was able to convince Gaiseric to spare those who did not resist, protect buildings from fire, and to not torture captives.[13] [...]
The Vandals sacked the city for two weeks[13] before returning to Africa, during which the imperial government of the Western Roman Empire was effectively paralysed. They marched south through Campania, devastating the region, and attempted to sack Neapolis but failed as the city had better defences.
Aftermath
[...] The two-week Vandal sack of 455 is generally considered more destructive than the three-day Visigoth sack of 410.[18] Victor of Vita records that several shiploads of slave captives arrived in Africa from Rome, who were then divided between the Vandals. Deogratias, the Bishop of Carthage, bought the freedom of some of the Romans by selling all of the valuables from his church. Deogratias hosted and fed them in larger churches in Carthage until they could be repatriated back to Rome.
So, a bare two week siege, not what Minnesota suffered, two months in length.
Slaves taken. Transported. Some church actions lessened the plight of some of those seized.
Moving on, PiPress carried an NYT post about the mess after, and, what goals of the marauding Vandals were met. (No paywall.) See, also, carried postings here and here.
The main focus of this post now shifts to another PiPress AP carry:
Minneapolis left to decide future of streetside memorials to 2 people killed by federal officers
The public grieving spots echo the community-driven memorial to George Floyd, who was murdered in 2020
Crabgrass does support such two monuments to what was done, with a suggestion. Each should include a bronze plaque, headlined, "TRUMP KILLED - THEN LIED" and then being followed by detail, including a clear statement that it was a naked act of politics to invade Minnesota with barbarians because Minnesota at the time was a Democratic State and had voted each of three times for whoever was running against Trump; 2016, 2020 and 2024. Beyond that, further detail is less essential. But it should include the fact that Trump lied about the deaths and citizen observation proved the lie beyond any doubt; and that JD in particular said egregious things
The fucking bastards . . . NEVER FORGET