1618 years ago today was the beginning of the end for Rome. The Germanic tribes crossed the frozen Rhine beginning the "Barbarian Invasions" or the Völkerwanderung.
On 31 December AD 406, a large group of Barbarians crossed the Rhine frontier into the Western Roman Empire, leaving a trail of sacked cities in their wake. In this video, we explore the reasons for this large scale migration, the immediate effects of this upheaval, and the disastrous consequences for the Western Roman Empire.
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