Gaiseric, the leader of the Vandals, was overjoyed upon hearing this. It was heaven-sent grounds for war, so the Vandals marched on Rome, deceitfully infiltrated the city, and utterly destroyed it, marking one of the most brutal sacks in European history.
A pack of wolf-like Vandal barbarians stormed into the once-magnificent city of Rome, wantonly burning, killing, and looting. Countless women, illustrious imperial noblewomen, were all reduced to rags, even publicly raped by barbarian soldiers on the streets. Many imperial dignitaries were made slaves, butchered like pigs and dogs.
The once-thriving city of Rome was turned into a living hell.
This ordeal lasted for half a month.
The entirety of Rome was reduced to ashes, with only a few thousand surviving. The rest were either defiled and slaughtered or sold into slavery in North Africa; all wealth was thoroughly pillaged.
