Rome sacked/falls to Barbarians

Hello, I'm Katie and today I will be interviewing Henry Smith, a Roman citizen at the time Rome was taken over.

Katie: So in 378, when a Roman army tried to turn back the Visigoths at Adrianople, it suffered a stunning defeat. Roman power was fading. What else was going on at the time?

Henry: Well, new waves of invaders were soon hammering at Rome's borders, especially in the west. And in 410, the Visigoth general Alaric overran Italy and plundered the city of Rome.
Katie: I also heard that during this time that a Germanic people called the Vandals moved through Gaul and Spain into North Africa. What happened from there?
Henry: Gradually, Germanic groups occupied more and more of the western Roman empire. But, the worst is yet to come. Starting in 434, the Hun leader Attlia embarked on a savage campaign of conquest across much of Europe.
Katie: I heard that Christians called Attila by another name, what was this name?
Henry: Yes, Christians called him the "scourge of God" because they believed his attacks were a punishment for the sins of humankind.
Katie: As you know, the Hun invasion sent still more Germanic peoples fleeing into the lands of Roman empire. What was the last act that ended the Roman empire for good?

Henry: Finally, in 476, Ocdoacer, a Germanic leader, ousted the emperor in Rome. The Roman empire had already lost many of its territories, and Roman power in the west had ended.