SOURCE2 The weakening of the Western Roman Empire. The arrows show the directions from which different barbarian groups invaded the empire.
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Roman Empire
Direction of ‘barbarian’ invasions into Empire
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
Huns
Scots
Vandals
Franks
Goths (Visigoths and Ostrogoths)
Burgundians
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Source: Map drawn by Spatial Vision
5.11.2 The empire falls In the ýfth century CE, many tribes moved across Europe. The Burgundians invaded Gaul, while the Angles, Saxons and Jutes attacked Britain. In 410, Roman armies left Britain to defend Rome, which was sacked by the Visigoths. The invasions weren’t planned. Many tribes invaded the Roman Empire to escape others. For example, the Ostrogoths þed from the Huns. In 451, Romans, Visigoths and Burgundians defeated the Huns. However, in 455, the Vandals looted Rome, and in 476, Odoacer removed the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus.
SOURCE3 Detail from The Big Game Hunt, a mosaic of the third to fourth century CE found at the Villa dei Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily
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