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Period: 200 to
Christianity and The Dark Ages
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272
Constantine is Born
OUTCOME: Constantine created the beginning of the split of the Roman Empire and the eventual split of Christianity. He did this by moving the Roman Empire Capital from Rome to Constantinople. ~
Constantine the Great, also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer, and his consort Helena. -
312
Battle of Milvian Bridge
OUTCOME: Constantine won the battle. It started him on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. ~
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October 312. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber during the battle. -
325
Council of Nicea is Founded
Founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine. -
370
Alaric is Born
Alaric I was the King of the Visigoths from 395–410. Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire. -
435
Odoacer is Born
Flavius Odoacer, also known as Flavius Odovacer, was a Germanic soldier, who in 476 became the first King of Italy. His reign is commonly seen as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire. -
466
Clovis is Born
OUTCOME: Clovis was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler. Doing that he changed the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. -
476
Fall of the Roman Empire
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500
Theodora is Born
Theodora I, was empress of the Roman Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Theodora is perhaps the most influential and powerful woman in the Roman Empire's history. -
537
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. -
541
The Plague
OUTCOME: Farmers couldn't take care of crops and the price of grain rose. Justinian didn't have much money to overcome the Plague because of all the money he spent on war and on the Hajia Sophia. ~
The Plague was a pandemic that afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), including its capital Constantinople. -
Sep 27, 673
Bede is Born
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Oct 10, 732
Battle of Tours
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Apr 2, 742
Charlemagne is Born
Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. -
Charles Martel "The Hammer" is Born
OUTCOME: Charles Martel stopped the spread of Islam in Europe changing the course of European history at the Battle of Tours. ~
Charles Martel was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. -
St. Benedict is Born
Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students. -
Justinian is Born
Justinian I, commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire. -
Alfred the Great is Born
Alfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England. -
Ivar the Boneless is Born
Ivar Ragnarsson, nicknamed the Boneless, was a Viking leader and by reputation also a berserker. He was a son of the powerful Ragnar Lodbrok, and he ruled an area probably comprising parts of modern-day Denmark and Sweden. -
Viking Raids
Viking Raids went on from about 832 AD to around 890 AD -
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic and complex union of territories in Central Europe existing from 962 to 1806.
