 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukunetsa kwakatevera kuwa kwaStilicho, madzimai nevana vefoederati vaigara mumaguta eItaly vakaurawa. Vazhinji vevafoederati, vaionekwa sevakatendeka kuna Stilicho, vakabatana nemauto aAlaric I, Mambo weVisigoths. Alaric akavatungamirira kuRoma ndokuirwisa, nokumiswa kuduku, kubva mumatsutso 408 kusvikira kuna August 24, 410. Zosimus anonyora kuti Placidia akanga ari mukati meguta racho pakakombwa. Apo Serena akapomerwa kuti akanga arangana naAlaric, nhengo dzose dzedare revakuru, pamwe chete naPlacidia, munununa womumhuri wamambo, vakafunga kuti zvakanga zvakakodzera kuti afe. 