Crusaders

Christianity & The Dark Ages

  • Constantine
    272

    Constantine

    Constantine the Great, also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337.
  • OUTCOME: Battle of Milvian Bridge
    312

    OUTCOME: Battle of Milvian Bridge

    Constantine won the battle. He converts to Christianity and the Roman Empire becomes Christian.
  • Council of Nicea
    325

    Council of Nicea

  • OUTCOME: Alaric
    370

    OUTCOME: Alaric

    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.
  • Odoacer
    435

    Odoacer

    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.
  • Clovis is Baptized
    466

    Clovis is Baptized

    Clovis, was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing 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.
  • The Fall of Roman Empire
    476

    The Fall of Roman Empire

  • OUTCOME: Haijia Sophia
    537

    OUTCOME: Haijia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum at the Turkish Republic, Hagia Sophia has always been the precious of its time.
  • The Plague
    540

    The Plague

  • Bede
    Jan 1, 672

    Bede

  • Battle of Tours
    Jan 1, 732

    Battle of Tours

  • Charlemagne
    Apr 2, 742

    Charlemagne

    He was a Frankish leader who was the first to adopt Roman Catholicism
  • Holy Roman Empire

    Holy Roman Empire

  • OUTCOME: Viking Raids

    OUTCOME: Viking Raids

    The Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means 'a pirate raid'. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'.
  • St, Benedict

    St, Benedict

    Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.
  • Charles Martel "The Hammer"

    Charles Martel "The Hammer"

    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.
  • Justinian and Theodora

    Justinian and Theodora

    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.
    Theodora was empress of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Theodora is perhaps the most influential and powerful woman in the Roman Empire's history.
  • OUTCOME: Alfred the Great

    OUTCOME: Alfred the Great

    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.
  • Ivar the Boneless

    Ivar the Boneless

    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.