Siena may then have been under the control of invading Gaulish forces who are known to have sacked Rome in 390 BC
Source: Siena
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena
Sack of Rome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city of Rome has been sacked on several occasions. Among the most famous: •Sack of Rome (387 BC) - Rome is sacked by the Gauls after the Battle of the Allia •Sack of Rome (410) - Rome is sacke...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome
753 - Rome founded by Romulus (traditional date) ... 510 - Rome's last king, Tarquin Superbus, is overthrown in a rebellion ... 390 - Rome sacked by Gauls...
www.musesrealm.net/rome/timeline.html www.musesrealm.net/rome/timeline.html
Finally, in April, Bourbon decided to attack and loot the fabulously wealthy city of Rome. The city was poorly defended, because for centuries it had been considered the sacred and inviolate capital ... The Man Who Sacked Rome: Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France. by Vincent J. Pitts. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. 1993.
www.oldnewspublishing.com/rome.htm www.oldnewspublishing.com/rome.htm
King Alaric I, ruler of the Visigoths, sacked Rome on August 24, A.D. 410, a possible date for the Fall of Rome. ... Following this refusal, Alaric marched to Rome and blockaded it for a second time at the end of 409. When the Romans yielded to him, Alaric proclaimed Priscus Attalus western Roman Emperor, with the approval...
ancienthistory.about.com/od/alaricthevisigoth/a/AlaricS... ancienthistory.about.com/od/alaricthevisigoth/a/AlaricSackRome_3.htm
“We must ask the questions: how was Jim Rome, the one indomitable force of nature, sacked by a bunch of petty barbarians, led by a shitty NFL quarterback?” asked sports historian Keith Olbermann.
www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/12/jim-rome-sacke... www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/12/jim-rome-sacked-by-barbarians.html
43-85 Rome goes after Britain ... 410 Rome sacked by Visigoths ... 455 Rome sacked by Vandals...
www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/timeline/time0003.htm
But how cool would it be to be a Canadian deputy in Rome? Hmmm... Can you imagine if Canada were to do this how many Vermonters would be helping to decide Canada's political future? Now, Vermonters I'd trust. The folks from New Hampshire (New Hampshirites?
pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2006/04/rome_sacked_by.h... pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2006/04/rome_sacked_by.html
This is what happens when you go offline for a week or two and stop paying attention– Alaric shows up at the gates and sacks Rome! ... When in Rome, do like the Vandals!
potshot.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/rome-sacked/ potshot.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/rome-sacked/
Now the emperor Honorius had before this time been sitting in Rome, with never a thought of war in his mind, but glad, I think, if men allowed him to remain quiet in his palace. ... But some say that Rome was not captured in this way by Alaric, but that Proba, a woman of very unusual eminence in wealth and in fame among...
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/410alaric.html