X-Nico

unusual facts about fall of the Roman Empire



Walk to Canossa

On the other side, Canossa is remembered in Italy by Benedetto Croce as the first concrete victory after the fall of the Roman Empire of the Pope, who, for the 19th-century historian, represented the Italian people, against the domination of the Germans.


see also

Barbarian Invasion

The so-called 'barbarian invasions' contemporaneous with the fall of the Roman Empire

Maeonius

Gibbon, Edward, The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, "Chapter XI: Reign Of Claudius, Defeat Of The Goths. -- Part III."

University of Salerno

The barbarian invasions following the fall of the Roman Empire caused the last doctors from Velia to move to the neighbouring city of Salerno.