@article{Wilczyński_2018, title={Roma capta! – Uwagi na temat relacji o zdobyciu Rzymu w 410 i 455 r. w dziełach wybranych autorów późnoantycznych}, volume={70}, url={https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vp/article/view/3212}, DOI={10.31743/vp.3212}, abstractNote={<p>In the presented article the author analyses depictions of sieges and captures<br>of Rome in the years 408-410 and 455 passed on by selected authors of Latin and<br>Greek sources from the late antique. The scope of the research included sources<br>containing more extensive narratives, while sources containing only laconic<br>annual information solely about the fact of capturing the city were rejected. In<br>the depictions of the capture of Rome by Alaric in 410 the authors rather tend<br>to seek supernatural reasons, and less often logical explanations of the origin of<br>the events, contrary to the depictions of the year 455, where one can find almost<br>exclusively rational justifications for the course of events, determined by political<br>situation. While discussing the events of the year 410 the authors oftentimes<br>create their own original digressions and allow for deviations from the historic<br>reality. The relations about the year 455 are consistent and show only minor differences.<br>Contrary to later opinions, the capture of Rome in 410 was not considered<br>a gigantic tragedy outside Italy, although it was recognized as a breakthrough<br>moment. For the eastern historians these events are remote, taking place in lands<br>far from Constantinople and often their depiction is used to indicate the superiority<br>of the Eastern Empire over the Western Empire. Sacco di Roma by Genseric in<br>455, which is referred more precisely and recognized as an element of significant<br>history and politics of the East (Vandals corsair raids, Leo the Thracian’s expedition,<br>recapturing Africa during the reign of Justinian I), is treated in an entirely<br>different manner.</p>}, journal={Vox Patrum}, author={Wilczyński, Marek}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={311–338} }