Light in the dark ages By rdaguer27@students.mpslakers.com 410 Visigoths sack Rome under king Alaric Visigoths sack Rome under king Alaric 418 Franks take Gaul 429 St Augustine dies 430 Council of Ephesus - third ecumenical-defined Mary to be mother of god 445 Emp valentine lll acknowledge papal supremacy 451 Council of Chalcedon; - fourth Ecumenical - defined the human and divine natures of Christ in one Person 452 St. Leo I (the Great) meets Attila the Hun 476 End of Roman Empire, last western emperor is Romulus Augustulus 493 Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes king of italy 529 St. Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino St. Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino 557 Second Council of Constantinople - fifth Ecumenical - called by Emperor Justinian 570 Muhammad born at or near Mecca 599 At, Gregory, 590-604 611 Muhammad has vision of archangel Gabriel 624 Muhammad defeats Meccans at battle of badr 637 Jerusalem captured by Muslim 640 Library of Alexandria destroyed with 300,000 ancient papyrus scrolls 670 Third Council of Constantinople - sixth Ecumenical 674 Dome of the Rock built over the Temple