The Decline and Fall of Rome

  • 378 AD
    8 BCE

    378 AD

    Finally, the Visigoths rebelled against the Romans. In 378 A.D. they defeated Roman legions at the Battle of Adrianople.
  • 337 AD
    7 BCE

    337 AD

    When Constantine died in A.D. 337 fighting broke out again. A new emperor named Theodosius finale gained control and ended the fighting.
  • 200s AD
    6 BCE

    200s AD

    During the 200s AD, Rome’s economy began to fall apart. As government weakened, law and
    order broke down. Roman soldiers and invaders seized crops and destroyed fields.
  • 284 A.D.
    4 BCE

    284 A.D.

    In 284 A.D., a general named Diocleatian became emperor. To stop the empire’s decline, he
    introduced reforms, or political changes to make things better.
  • 312 AD
    2 BCE

    312 AD

    After a period of conflict, another general named Constantine became emperor in 312 A.D
  • 455 AD
    5

    455 AD

    In 455 A.D the Vandals entered Rome.
  • 550 AD
    5

    550 AD

    the Western Roman Empire had faded away.
  • 235 AD
    5

    235 AD

    the last Severan ruler died in A.D. 235, rome’s government became to be weak. For
    about 50 years, army leaders fought each other for the throne.
  • 406 AD
    6

    406 AD

    In the winter of 406 A.D the Rhine River in Western Europe froze.
  • 399 AD
    9

    399 AD

    In A.D. 395, the Roman Empire split into two separate empires. One was the Western Empire, with its capital at Rome. The other was the Eastern Empire with its capital at Constantinople.
  • 410 AD
    9

    410 AD

    In 410 A.D the Visigoth leader Alaric and his soldiers captured Rome itself.
  • LATE 300s AD

    LATE 300s AD

    In the late A.D. 300s, the Huns entered Eastern Europe and defeated the Ostrogoths.