The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 06
CHAPTER XLV
THE GOTHS IN ITALY (408-423 A.D.) 550
Alaric invades Italy, 550. Honorius retires to Ravenna; Attalus named Emperor, 556. Attalus deposed; Rome sacked by Alaric, 559. Death of Alaric; succession of Atawulf, 564. Constantine and Gerontius; Constantius, 566.