00:00Do you think losing your wallet is a problem?
00:02Wait until you hear the story of how a simple oversight led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
00:08On August 24, 410 AD, Rome, the most powerful city in the world, was sacked by the Visigoths.
00:14How did the barbarians manage to get in? It was all because of a distracted guard who lost his bag of gold.
00:20The Visigoths, led by Alaric I, could not cross the walls,
00:25until one day a Roman guard made an incredible mistake.
00:28His bag of coins fell outside the walls, he went down to look for it and left a secret door ajar.
00:34The Visigoths found it and entered without resistance.
00:37In just a few hours, Rome was sacked for the first time in 800 years.
00:40The beginning of the end!
00:42In 476 AD, just a few decades after the sacking, the Western Roman Empire completely collapsed.
00:49The barbarians took control and the last emperor was overthrown.
00:52The Middle Ages began, all because a guard couldn't leave his gold behind.
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