Jesus to AD 500 By jhall21 Period: 100 to 500 AD 100-500 354 Birth of St. Augustine 360 Books begin to replace scrolls 382 Pope Damasus asks St. Jerome to translate the Gospels into Latin. 405 St Jerome complete his translation of the Old Testament 410 St. Augustine begins writing The City of God 432 St. Patrick sets out to spread the Gospel in Ireland 480 Birth of St. Benedict Period: 500 to 1000 AD 500-1000 507 Clovis' army drives Visigoths out of France 527 Justinian I becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 529 St. Benedict founds the first monastery 537 Construction of Hagia Sophia(current structure) begins in Constantinople 632 Death of Mohammad 637 Muslims attack Constantinople 638 Muslims capture Jerusalem 698 Muslims take Carthage 711 Muslims invade and occupy Spain 732 France halts Muslim invasion 793 Vikings attack England 800 Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III 800 Gunpowder invented 885 Vikings attack Paris 997 Muslims occupy Santiago de Compostela in Spain, burial place of St. James the Apostle