7 sentences with 'sacked'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sacked and other words derived from it.
• « In 881, the Great Fleet sacked present-day Holland, raiding inland to Charlemagne's capital, Aachen, and plundering it. »
• « After the Goths sacked Rome itself in 410, Emperor Honorius gave them southern Gaul to leave; they ended up taking over most of Spain (from the Vandals who had come before them) as well. »
• « The Dutch described these attacks as the "Spanish fury", and not only permanently undermined the economy of the cities that were sacked, but also gave a huge impetus to the Dutch Revolt itself. »
• « Another disaster occurred in 1199 when Constantinople itself was invaded and sacked by crusaders (during the Fourth Crusade) from Western Europe who were supposed to be sailing to fight in the Holy Land. »
• « Not only were thousands of Carthaginians killed or enslaved, but the city was brutally sacked (Polybius' commentary on the terror inspired by Rome, mentioned above, referred specifically to the horrific sacking of Carthage). »
• « There, Greek armies sacked the entire palace complex before burning it to the ground; historians have concluded that Alexander the Great ordered the burning to force the remaining Persians who resisted his conquest to recognise its purpose. »
• « Only two years after the defeat of the Huns, the Vandals sailed from Africa in 455 and again sacked Rome. This sacking, despite occurring with relatively little carnage, led to the word "Vandal" being used to refer to a malicious destroyer of property. »
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