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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. -
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. -
Founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hagia Sophia is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
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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. -
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also called the Battle of Poitiers
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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.
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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. -
Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Viking Raids went on from about 832 AD to around 890 AD
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The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic and complex union of territories in Central Europe existing from 962 to 1806.
