In 440 AD, Emperor Valentinian III and General Flavius Aetius shaped the fate of the crumbling Western Roman Empire through a delicate balance of power, diplomacy, and military leadership.
In 451 AD, Roman general Flavius Aetius led a coalition to halt Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains—one of the last great victories of a crumbling Western Empire.
In 460 AD, Emperor Majorian undertook a bold effort to restore Rome’s naval supremacy by constructing a new fleet in Ravenna—an ambitious plan cut short by betrayal and collapse.
Explore the historic fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, when Romulus Augustulus surrendered to Odoacer, ending centuries of imperial rule in the West.
In the early 5th century, Emperor Honorius ruled from Ravenna as the Western Roman Empire faced growing instability and external threats.
Discover the devastating sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410 AD, an event that marked the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
