#SackOfRome
⛪️ #OTD in #History 6 May 1527, the #SackOfRome took place. Troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, an Imperial army formed by 14,000 Germans, many of them Lutheran, 6,000 Spaniards and some Italian contingents, seized and pillaged the city at the heart of the Papal States.
May 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
⛪️ #OTD in #History 6 May 1527, the #SackOfRome took place. Troops of Holy Roman Emperor #CharlesV, an Imperial army formed by 14,000 Germans, many of them Lutheran, 6,000 Spaniards and some Italian contingents, seized and pillaged the city at the heart of the Papal States.
May 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
2415 years since the Rome trip. Doesn’t the time just fly by?
Brenno! Exete 'os brane exte 'os!
Samali gaison exetontin
Rete pos uoretun mapon celti
Con lami nertaci cerdacipe
Etic uregepe tunceton!
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#Brennos #VaeVictis #SackofRome #Brennus #Rome #Allia #Gaul #Gallia #Senones #OTD
July 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Pope #ClementVII took refuge in Castel Sant'Angelo after the Swiss Guard were slain, where he remained until a ransom was paid to the rampant pillagers. The #SackOfRome is seen as the end of the #Renaissance. #Cellini gives a vivid account of it in his superb autobiography.
May 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
During the #RomanGaulishWars on #ThisDayInHistory in 387 BCE, Rome lost the #BattleOfTheAllia. The #Senonii #Gauls went down to Rome and found it undefended, its gates left open. They hesitated, fearing a trap, but entered the next day to begin the #SackOfRome described by #Livy.
July 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM