The Sack of Rome 1527 - As it Happened

[@IMPERIALYT]

Hey everyone, some general things I should mention with this video. There are some points where I take some creative liberty with the narrative, since there doesn't really exist a moment by moment account of the Sack itself, but for the most part I try to keep to the sources I have included in the description, but even they are limited. For example, I could never really pin down the primary source for that '189 Swiss Guards' reference that is literally everywhere on the internet, even in what is supposed to be the definitive source on the sack of Rome, Ludwig Freiherr von Pastor's History of the Popes. I did find it on a defunct website run by The Vatican, however, they also neglected to mention the primary source. Anyway, hope you liked the video - please do use this comment to let me know if you spotted anything in the video that can be sourced/clarified, and just your comments/criticisms in general!

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What music was used in this video?

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1.200 years later and still Aurelian's walls were the defence of Rome. The Roman legacy still echoes even after millennias

[@TheBooban]

Yet only 4 000 volunteered to defend the city. Uhm, they kinda deserved to be sacked.

[@mowtow90]

Same thing happaned in Constatinople. The Theodosian walls ware the main defence even tho they ware several houndred years obsolite.

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@@mowtow90 They were pretty effective but no wall at the time could withstand cannon-fire.

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You're making the same mistake that the video makes - the Emperor's name was Marcus Aurelius. Another mistake is that the Landsknechte being mainly from southern Germany, were not mainly Lutheran. There are other mistakes, but life's too short...

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Under guard of 42 Along a secret avenue Castle saint Angelo is waiting They're the guard of the holy see They're the guards of Christianity Their path to history is paved with salvation Then the 189 In the service of heaven They're protecting the holy line It was 1527 Gave their lives on the steps to heaven Thy will be done!

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Thank you - I'm glad you liked the video! Just a quick question though, assuming you've seen my previous videos - do you enjoy the more politically geared videos or the more historically geared ones?

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[@admiraltiberius1989]

Shame we don't have a movie regarding the last stand of the Swiss Guard. Id be totally happy if they took some creative liberties with it as well, to enhance the emotional factor of it. Maybe show the Guard fighting their way backwards up the steps of the Basilica. Their lines steadily shrinking while the enemy dead lay thick at their feet. Fantastic video sir, glad I found your channel.

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Then it cuts to the Pope abusing a child right?

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Listening now in 2023, I felt a deep sorrow for the events in Rome in 1527.

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[@darwinqpenaflorida3797]

The Sack of Rome was commemorated by oath taking of the newly recruits of Pontifical Swiss Guard every May 6 every year

[@darwinqpenaflorida3797]

@@prayermanone Yeah but that event is part of Pontifical Swiss Guard tradition for newly recruits every May 6 😊😊

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Sadly, despite the city surrendering in June, the Imperial Army did not depart from Rome immediately. They stayed in the city continuing their ransacking and debauched behavior until October when a wave of bubonic plague broke our into the city and decimated many of the invaders as well as the Roman citizens who had managed to survive that long. Some reports indicate that 2/3 of the invading army died alongside 25,000 civillians.

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How ironic is it that the Holy ROMAN Emperor attacks Rome, and that his army, which is called the "Caesarean army," loots and kills without mercy a city that had already surrendered? I think there's some poetic irony in all of this, but I'm not sure how

[@You-zo3in]

Well the army that sack Rome were not under one command that started dispute what would you expect plus they were unpaid

[@deandarvin553]

@@You-zo3inThe chief commander of the army bares the blame, as do the individual soldiers taking place in each crime. These Catholics traitors to their own faith.

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@@deandarvin553 The commanders barely had control over the men. They had went without pay for months and forced their leadership to march on Rome or else suffer the consequences. That is the problem of having a army that you can't pay on time. Faith doesn't help you when your shoes fall apart, your clothes are rotten and you're starving. But papal gold will help

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Almost 500 years later this still boils my blood

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Were you there?

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Why was a modern map of Rome used? Piazza San Pietro did not exist in 1527, and the Spina di Borgo still existed.

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8:17 ‘they were reduced to EXACTLY *289 men*. How thoughtful to specify so accurately!

[@IMPERIALYT]

Haha yea, it's strange that that fact has survived to today! The documents that detail how many Swiss Guards made their last stand are probably in the Vatican Archive - but I had to settle for the Vatican website.

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Oh god nooooo - damnit, I used an N instead of an L. There's always one thing you miss when you upload a video hahaha

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[@TeknoKseno]

And still, despite all of the sieges and sackings, Rome is still the most culturally, artistically and architecturally rich city in the world.

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Rome built different.

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