Did you know that 1,155 years ago a Muslim army attacked Rome, sacked St. Peter's and St. Paul's basilicas, and desecrated the tombs of the Apostles? From the Carroll History Database:
AUGUST 846 A. D.??: Death of Pope Sergius II [ Sources ]
10th: Urgent letter from Marquis Adelbert of Tuscany warning Pope Sergius II of the approach of a Muslim fleet of 73 ships with 11,000 soldiers [ Sources ]
26th: Muslims plunder St. Peter's, taking away the stone of the altar over St. Peter's bones, and also plunder St. Paul's Outside the Walls, after defeating a Roman army [ Sources ]
Spotted in Christopher Dawson's The Making of Europe. The Forever War, anyone? Hmm... that might be an interesting device to teach history.
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