The moment some Romans started to think the end was nigh.

The Rhine invasion of Gaul in December, 406, was an unprecedented incursion by up to 200,000 men, women and children of the Vandal, Alan and Suevi nations.

As a direct result, Spain was lost, Gaul ransacked and Britain abandoned. Hear about it all here, only @bitesizebattles.

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