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Turning point · The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476

The Rhine crossing

Map showing The Rhine crossing — The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
TURNING POINT · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476

31 Dec 406 — Vandals, Alans and Sueves cross the frozen river near Mainz. Gaul is ravaged for three years; Spain is entered in 409. The western frontier never re-forms.

This is one scene of Chapter 10 — The Storm from the North in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476.

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