Middle ages

  • Period: 250 to 325

    Arius lives and teaches Arianism

  • Period: 306 to 337

    Regin of Constantine the Great

  • Period: 325 to 325

    First council of Nicaea outlaws Arianism

  • 410

    Visgoths sack Rome under Alaric

  • 451

    Battle of Chalons: Huns vs. Romans and Goths

    Although June 20 is the traditional date, some sources indicate the battle might have been fought on September 20, 451
  • 453

    Death of Attila the Hun

  • 455

    Vandals sack Rome under Genseric

  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire: Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustulus

  • Period: 476 to

    Odoacer rules as kng of Italy

  • Period: 527 to 565

    Reign of Justinian I

  • Period: 533 to 534

    Byzantine armies conquer Vandal kingdom in North Africa

  • Period: 570 to Jun 8, 632

    Life of Muhammad

  • Jan 1, 622

    Muhammad flees from Mecca

  • Period: Jan 1, 714 to

    Pepin the Short

  • Period: Apr 2, 742 to

    Charlemagne

  • Jan 1, 750

    Muslim empire is at its largest

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Eastern Church officially splits from Western Church

  • Period: Apr 8, 1204 to Apr 13, 1204

    Crusaders capture and sack Constantinople

  • Jan 1, 1261

    Byzantines drive out the Crusaders

  • Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne's empire into thirds among his grandsons

  • Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome

  • Period: to 526

    Theodoric the Great (the Ostrogoth) rules Italy

  • Period: to Oct 22, 741

    Charles Martel