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410 BCE
Visigoths sack of Rome under king Alaric
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Period: 60 to 88
Nero
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64
Great Fire of Rome; Nero launches persecution of Christians
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Period: 69 to 79
Vespasian
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70
destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
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81
Persecution under Domitian 81-96
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Period: 81 to 96
Domitian
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87
St. Clement I is pope; restored the sacrament of confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter; martyred in 97
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Period: 400 to 423
Honorius
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418
Franks take Gaul
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429
St. Augustine dies
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431
Council of Ephesus— third Ecumenical-defined Mary to be the mother of God.
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Period: 440 to 461
St. Leo I
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445
Emp. Valentinian lll acknowledges papal supremacy
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451
Council of Chalcedon - fourth Ecumenical - defined the human and divine natures of Christ in one person
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452
St. Leo l (the great) meets Attila the Hun
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Period: 474 to 491
Zeno - Eastern Emp.
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493
Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes king of Italy
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529
St. Benedict founds monastery at monte casino
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Period: 539 to 580
Justinian- East . Emp.
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559
St. Gregory, 590-604
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570
Muhammad born at or near Mecca
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610
Muhammed has versión of archangel Gabriel
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Period: 611 to 642
Heraclius - East. Emp.
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624
Muhammed defeats meccans at battle of badr
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635
Jerusalem captured by Muslim