Christianity and the Dark Ages

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  • 272

    Constantine

    Constantine
  • 312

    Battle of Milvian Bridge

    Battle of Milvian Bridge
  • 325

    Council of Nicea

    Council of Nicea
  • 370

    Outcome: Alaric

    Outcome: Alaric
    Leader of the Visigoths from 395 to 410. Became the first to sack Rome in 410. Died later that year.
  • 433

    Outcome: Odoacer

    Outcome: Odoacer
    Became the first King of Italy in 476. His rule marked the end to the end of the Western Roman Empire.
  • 466

    Outcome: Clovis

    Outcome: Clovis
    Became the King of the Frankish tribes in 481, at the age of fifteen. Founder of the Merovingian dynasty. First King of what would become France.
  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    Fall of the Roman Empire
  • 537

    Hajia Sophia

    Hajia Sophia
  • 542

    The Plague

    The Plague
  • Jan 1, 673

    Bede

    Bede
  • Oct 10, 732

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours
  • Apr 2, 742

    Outcome: Charlemagne

    Outcome: Charlemagne
    King of the Franks from 768, King of Italy in 774, and from 800 the first emperor in Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

  • Outcome: Charles Martel

    Outcome: Charles Martel
    Credited with the development of feudalism and knighthood. Defeated the Umayyads at the Battle of Tours, stopping the spread of Islam in Europe.

  • Justinian

    Justinian

  • Ivar the Boneless

    Ivar the Boneless

  • St. Benedict

    St. Benedict

  • Viking Raids

    Viking Raids

  • Alfred the Great

    Alfred the Great
  • Period: to

    Holy Roman Empire