Vercingetorix

Chritianity and the Dark Ages

By 16rcs42
  • Period: 200 to

    Dark Ages

  • 272

    Constantine

    Constantine
    Roman Emperor who started the change toward Christianity.
  • 312

    Battle of Milvian Bridge

    Battle of Milvian Bridge
    Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber during the battle.
  • 325

    Outcome: Council of Nicea

    Outcome: Council of Nicea
    A council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. This first ecumenical council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom. Without it religon would be much less organized today.
  • 370

    Alaric

    Alaric
    The king of the Visigoths.
  • 435

    Odoacer

    Odoacer
    Germanic soldier who became the 1st king of Italy. His reign marked the end of the Western Roman Empire.
  • 466

    Clovis

    Clovis
    First to unite Frankish tribes and make them follow one king.
  • 476

    Fall of Holy Roman Empire

    Fall of Holy Roman Empire
    Civil wars, invasions, disease, religious change, all lead to the fall of the Roman Empire.
  • 500

    Theodora

    Theodora
    Wife of Justinian most powerful Roman empress in all history.
    Died of Cancer.
  • 537

    Hajia Sofia

    Hajia Sofia
    Cathedral built by Justinian in an attempt to remind the world of Rome's once greatness.
  • 541

    Outcome: The Justinian Plauge

    Outcome: The Justinian Plauge
    A pandemic that afflicted the Byzantine Empire including Constantinople. Believed to have killed about 5,000 people per day. About 40% of people in the empire died. Would have changed a lot if it hadn't happened. Those people would have lived and married and had descendants as well as the people who died from the Black Death in the 14th century
  • 543

    St. Benedict

    St. Benedict
    Benedict of Nursia founded 12 monetsaries
  • May 26, 673

    Beade

    Beade
    Saint Bede or Venerable Bede was an english monk. Made doctor of the church
  • Oct 9, 732

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours
    Battle between Franks and Muslims. Franks were victorious saving the Roman Empire for Christianity.
  • Apr 2, 742

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    Crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope.

  • Outcome: Charle Martel "The Hammer"

    Outcome: Charle Martel "The Hammer"
    Defeated Muslims at the Battle of Tours even though he was outnumbered and out trained. This lead to the spreading of Christianity in the Roman Empire

  • Outcome: Alfred the Great

    Outcome: Alfred the Great
    First English king to find a way to stop the Vikings. Going farther it could have saved the fate of the known world. What if we had all turned out like Vikings?

  • Ivar the Boneless

    Ivar the Boneless
    Viking leader.

  • Holy Roman Empire

    Holy Roman Empire
    The empire grew out of East Francia, a primary division of the Frankish Empire. The last Holy Roman Emperor was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved the Empire in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • Justinian

    Justinian
    Sought to revive Rome's greatness and reconquer the western half of the empire during his reign

  • Outcome: Viking Raids

    Outcome: Viking Raids
    Began when overpopulation forced Vikings to relocate. They realized that you could easily plunder northern cities as there was no pirates. If the Viking raids had not happened then the Roman Empire people wouldn't have had to live in fear and future people would have been different. The mix of cultures would have changed.