410 AD

Was the year that Alaric the Bold and his horde of Visigothic warriors sacked Rome OTL. In OTL, Alaric merely sacked Rome, and settled elsewhere. What would have happened had he settled in Rome?
 
The Western Empire was still quite powerful then; if Alaric had tried to conquer the city permanently, he would have been completely surrounded by hostile territory. The Romans at that juncture in time would not have allowed for a barbarian to take Rome for their own, and Alaric most likely would have been flushed out and probably hunted down and killed.
 
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