Interesting factoids about the Vandal sack of Rome:
1. At that time, Rome was no longer the political capital of the empire (or of the Western Empire) - in the 3rd century, Theodosius I had moved the capital to Milan (closer to the frontiers, since his presence was required to command Rome's armies), and in AD402 Honorius moved it to Ravenna. Rome still, however, was the spiritual and cultural heart of the empire, not to mention full of fat loot.
2. The Vandals were Christians at the time they sacked Rome, having converted some 50 years earlier, albeit adherents of Arianism, rather than Roman Catholicism.
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1. At that time, Rome was no longer the political capital of the empire (or of the Western Empire) - in the 3rd century, Theodosius I had moved the capital to Milan (closer to the frontiers, since his presence was required to command Rome's armies), and in AD402 Honorius moved it to Ravenna. Rome still, however, was the spiritual and cultural heart of the empire, not to mention full of fat loot.
2. The Vandals were Christians at the time they sacked Rome, having converted some 50 years earlier, albeit adherents of Arianism, rather than Roman Catholicism.