Question

Why did visigoths attack rome

Answer 1

In the late 4th century, the Huns began to invade the lands of the Germanic tribes, and pushed many of them into the Roman Empire with greater fervor. ... Soon after, starvation, high taxes, hatred from the Roman population, and governmental corruption turned the Goths against the Empire. So this is the reason why the Visigoths attacked Rome. ( I might be wrong)

Answer 2

The Visigoths sack Rome. At its height the Roman Empire stretched from Britain and the Atlantic to North Africa and Mesopotamia. ... He hoped to draw the Visigoths into an alliance against the eastern Romans, but now hordes of other Germanic warriors invaded the western empire across the Rhine.