15. Alaric the Visigoth
A leader of unyielding ambition, Alaric I, king of the Visigoths, sacked Rome in 410 AD—a feat born of sheer will and belief in his destiny, forever altering European power dynamics. This event marked the first time in nearly 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy, signaling the decline of the Western Roman Empire (britannica.com).
