#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

11992.111 - 12016.665 Gregory Aldrete

And Spain and North Africa were some of the main areas that food surpluses were collected from and sent to Rome to feed the city of Rome. And it's after those Vandal invasions and the takeover of those areas that the population of Rome plummets. So I think that's an interesting moment where the city of Rome had always been this symbol, and already it was no longer the capital.