Fall of Rome Events

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  • 200 BCE

    Germanic tribes push at the borders

    The German tribes also pushed from the lower Elbe region to the upper Elbe region occupying what is now southern Germany.
  • Period: 235 to 285

    Third Century- Age of Chaos

    The Roman Empire had nearly collapsed under the combined pressure of repeated foreign invasions, civil wars and economic disintegration.
  • Period: 284 to 305

    Diocletian

    Roman emperor that helped bring stability to the Roman state after the Third century
  • Period: 286 to 395

    Empire Divided

    Emperor Diocletian decided to divide Rome into two sections to try and stabilize the empire. For a hundred years Rome experienced even more divisions until the empire was finally divided in 395 CE and became the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire.The division made the empire more easily governable in the short term, but over time the two halves drifted apart. East and West failed to adequately work together to combat outside threats, and the two often squabbled over resources and military aid
  • Period: 305 to 337

    Constantine

    Constantine was a Roman Emperor, and the first to profess Christianity. But later on he split the empire into two parts: the western half centered in Rome and the eastern half centered in Constantinople.
  • 378

    Battle of Adrianople

    Battle of Adrianople
    The Battle of Adrianople, sometimes known as the Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between an Eastern Roman army led by the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels led by Fritigern. The battle took place in the vicinity of Adrianople, in the Roman province of Thracia.
  • 381

    Christianity becomes official religion of Rome

    The Trinitarian version of Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire when Emperor Theodosius I issued the Edict of Thessalonica in 380, which recognized the catholic orthodoxy of Nicene Christians as the Roman Empire's state religion.
  • 395

    Huns Attack

    The Huns began their first large-scale attacks on the Romans.
  • Period: 429 to 534

    Vandals in North Africa

    Germanic people who maintained a kingdom in North Africa
  • 455

    Vandals Sack Rome

    Vandals Sack Rome
    The Vandals looted Rome for two weeks, causing widespread destruction to the city, stripping it of most of its valuables, and taking some residents as slaves