The Sacking of Rome Coin of the Vandals 
440 - 490 AD
AE Nummus with Latin Cross
Made at the time of the sacking of Rome.
 
- The Sacking of Rome
The Sack of Rome in 546 was carried out by the Gothic king Totila during the Gothic War of 535–554 between the Ostrogoths and the Eastern Roman Empire. Totila was based at Tivoli and, in pursuit of his quest to reconquer the region of Latium, he moved against Rome. The city endured a siege lasting almost a year before falling to the Goths.