After the Battle of Allia, Brennus entered this city and famously declared "Woe to the vanquished!"
According to a presumably apocryphal story, one leader heard about the destruction of this city and thought that his favorite chicken, who shared its name with this city, had died. Pope Vigilius sent shipments of grain to aid this city, but they were intercepted by Totila's forces, which captured this city twice during the Gothic War. Pope Leo IV ordered the construction of some walls in this city to protect it from Saracen pirates, who attacked its port city of Ostia in 849. After the Battle of Allia, Brennus entered this city and famously declared "Woe to the vanquished!" In 455, it was attacked by the Vandals under Genseric, shortly after being sacked in 410 by the Visigoths under Alaric. For 10 points, name this capital of an empire based in Italy.
According to a presumably apocryphal story, one leader heard about the destruction of this city and thought that his favorite chicken, who shared its name with this city, had died.
Rome