{"id":26865,"date":"2026-06-23T00:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/26865\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T00:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:32:14","slug":"vandals-sacked-rome-orange-nero-fiddles-now-because-things-dont-get-visigothized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/26865\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandals sacked Rome, Orange Nero fiddles now because things don\u2019t get \u2018Visigothized\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least we all know what a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyboulder.com\/trumps-14-million-reflecting-pool-turns-green-the-white-house-blames-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">nanobubbler<\/a> is now. Holy Roman Empire, Batman. The League of Cognac didn\u2019t meet the Hanseatic League in the World Series. And don\u2019t tell anyone that Emperor Nero might have been a pedophile. OTOH Trump did threaten to invade Iran (again).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Let\u2019s put this into perspective. He has also killed more than 200 people in boats, thousands in Iran, two people in Minneapolis, and several hundred thousand with his Covid bullshit. There are also the cuts to USAID, Medicaid and SNAP which translate directly to  crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">He\u2019s proud of all that<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Ramirez: He\u2019s literally siccing the troops on a microscopic organism. He is sending the National Guard to the Reflecting Pool to arrest people who touch the water. It\u2019s absurd. And also, he\u2019s killing the baby ducklings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z\/post\/3moticru6gb2f?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026-06-21T23:05:56.136Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image_89a198.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800059394\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.2863047047500427;width:813px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1024\" width=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image_623710.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800059398\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6168074414626323;width:850px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image_f1d5ed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800059375\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3510239513869708;width:850px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image_5ebf62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800059410\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyskills.com\/classroom\/ancient-history\/caligula-attacks-the-sea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.historyskills.com\/classroom\/ancient-history\/caligula-attacks-the-sea\/<\/a> \u2026Poseidon\u00a0is the god of the sea. He is briefly mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/rickandmorty.fandom.com\/wiki\/Poseidon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Rickchurian Mortydate<\/a> when The President tells\u00a0Rick\u00a0he is being held in\u00a0Area\u00a051.<\/p>\n<p>410 CE: The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the administrative capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been replaced first by Mediolanum (now Milan) in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402<br \/>*<br \/>455 CE: Vandals sack Rome The sack of Rome in 455 was carried out by the Vandals led by their king Gaiseric. A 442 treaty between the Western Roman Empire and Vandal Kingdom included a marriage of state between the daughter of Roman Emperor Valentinian III and the son of Gaiseric<br \/>*<br \/>1527 CE: the brutal attack of the mutinous Imperial army on Rome, led by Pope Clement VII\u2019s enemy Charles V, during the War of the League of Cognac.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody \u2018visigoths\u2019 anything anymore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image_71d102.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800059427\"  \/>Demonstrators chant \u201cAlbania is not for sale,\u201d challenging coastal projects tied to Kushner amid environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\tWe&#8217;ll get straight to the point: The financial hardships that Daily Kos is facing this year are tough.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to be paywall-free. We continue to be supported by our readers, not billionaires or corporations. 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