Alaric: No, we originally only hoped to take of small parts of the Roman Empire but as we were able to advance easily, the ideas and hopes became much greater. Slowly, we began to chip away at Rome seizing control of the outskirts and then moving inward. Eventually, we were able to reach Rome and put a siege on it. The surrounding of Rome had proved to be much easier than I had imagined, and starving the city to death was even simpler. Eventually we sacked the city and delivered the final blow by doing that. Rome was left crippled when we departed.
Me: When you left Rome, the Roman Empire had literally collapsed, did you think that the entire empire would actually ever fall the way it did?
Alaric: well we did destroy the heart of Roman civilization so in essence, yes.
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