Germanic Invasions

• The Germanic Invasions were a series of invasions of Italy and later, the Roman Empire, by various Germanic Tribes between 390 BCE and 546 CE.

The Battle of the Allia (390 BCE)

• Brennus and the Gauls, and the conquest of Rome 390 BCE or 387 BCE.

The Cimbrian War (113-101 BCE)

• Cimbrian War (113-101 BCE)
• Battle of Arausio 105 BCE is considered to have been the worst disaster since the Battle of Cannae.

The Gallic Wars (58-50 BCE)

• Battle of Bibracte June 58 BCE against the Helveti.
• War against the Suebi 58 BCE
• Gallic Wars 58-50 BCE

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (9 CE)

• Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

Dacian Wars (85-106 CE)

• Dacian Wars.

The Marcomanni (166-180 CE)

• Marcomannic Wars

Crisis of the Third Century (235-284 CE)

• Crisis of the Third Century
• Gothic Fleets

The Great Conspiracy (367-368 CE)

• The Great Conspiracy a combined invasion of Britannia and Gaul by the Franks and Saxons.

The Gothic Wars (376-382 CE)

• Gothic Wars
• Battle of Adrianople 378 CE, is considered the beginning of the end of the western Roman Empire.

The Gothic Wars (402-403 CE)

• Battle of Pollentia 402 CE
• Battle of Verona 403 CE

The Crossing of the Rhine (406 CE)

• The Crossing of the Rhine on 31 December 406 CE by the Vandals, Alans and Suebi.
• Edward Gibbon (1737-1794 CE) suggested that the River Rhine may have frozen over, but this was not mentioned by any Roman historians.
• The Germanic Tribes crossed at Mainz, sacked the city and then went on to destroy the cities of Worms, Rheims, Amiens, Arras, Therouanne, Tournai, Speyer and Strasbourg.

First Sack of Rome (410 CE)

• Alaric the Visigoth, laid siege to Rome in 408 CE and in 409 CE, before he conducted the First Sack of Rome in 410 CE.

Rise of Vandal Naval Power (428-477 CE)

• Between 428-477, Geiseric, King of the Vandals, occupied North Africa and created a Vandal Kingdom and Navy based at Carthage.
• In 429 CE, Procopius wrote that the Vandal Fleet transferred 80,000 Vandals from Gaul to North Africa.
• By 435 CE, the Vandal Kingdom was established with its Capital and Fleet based at Carthage.
• In 439 CE, The Vandal Fleet conquered Sicily, Malta, Sardinia and Corsica, which made the Vandals a Sea Power.

Attila the Hun (434-453 CE)

• Attila the Hun conducted the Hunnic Invasion of the Western Roman Empire between 451-452 CE.
• In 451 CE, he met Flavius Aetius at the Battle of Chalons but was defeated.
• In 452 CE he conducted the Hunnic Invasion of Italy, but was forced to withdraw before he could besiege Rome. He died in 453 CE.

Second Sack of Rome (455 CE)

• Geiseric, King of the Vandals, conducted the second Sack of Rome in 455 CE, after his Fleet arrived off the coast and his army landed unopposed.

Third Sack of Rome (546 CE)

• Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, conducted the third Sack of Rome in 546 CE and carried off the population.