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One cold winter, the Rhine River froze, and Vandals swarmed across the ice with little resistance. the Western Empire was Very disorganized and couldn't stop them.
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By the early 5th century, the city of Rome was very vulnerable. in 408, visigoths, led by king Alaric put the city under siege. the germans stormed Rome in 410 and plundered it for 3 days.
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Meanwhile, the Huns united for the first time under a chieftain named attila. with his vast army, he terrorized the eastern half of the Roman empire. then he swept over to the western side
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