Persecution of the way By Navaya 410 BCE Visigoths sack of Rome under king Alaric Period: 60 to 88 Nero 64 Great Fire of Rome; Nero launches persecution of Christians Period: 69 to 79 Vespasian 70 destruction of Jerusalem by Titus 81 Persecution under Domitian 81-96 Period: 81 to 96 Domitian 87 St. Clement I is pope; restored the sacrament of confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter; martyred in 97 Period: 400 to 423 Honorius 418 Franks take Gaul 429 St. Augustine dies 431 Council of Ephesus— third Ecumenical-defined Mary to be the mother of God. Period: 440 to 461 St. Leo I 445 Emp. Valentinian lll acknowledges papal supremacy 451 Council of Chalcedon - fourth Ecumenical - defined the human and divine natures of Christ in one person 452 St. Leo l (the great) meets Attila the Hun Period: 474 to 491 Zeno - Eastern Emp. 493 Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes king of Italy 529 St. Benedict founds monastery at monte casino Period: 539 to 580 Justinian- East . Emp. 559 St. Gregory, 590-604 570 Muhammad born at or near Mecca 610 Muhammed has versión of archangel Gabriel Period: 611 to 642 Heraclius - East. Emp. 624 Muhammed defeats meccans at battle of badr 635 Jerusalem captured by Muslim 636 Library of Alexandria destroyed with 300,000 ancient papyrus scrolls 680 Third council of Constantinople—sixth Ecumenical 684 Dome of the rock built over the temple