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This is the time when Rome got attacked and inhabitted by the Visigoths.
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The Franks under Clovis defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouille, forcing them to retreat into spain.
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This occured during the Norman conquest of England between the Norman-French army of King William II of Normandy and the English.
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King William I had 4 sons and 6 daughters. William suppressed a Saxon revolt in the southwest of England. William's Earls are given lands driving out the Anglo Saxon lords.
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The Welsh Prince Gruffydd was imprisoned and fell to his death in a bid to escape.
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Third major act of the Third Punic War between the Phoenician city of Carthage in Africa.
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Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
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The spread of Christianity reaches Russia when prince Vladimir converted to the Othidox
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Alfred gained a victory over the Danes at Ashdown in 871, and succeeded Ethelred as king in April 871 after a series of battles in which the Danes had been defeated.
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Clovis became chief of his tribe when he was around the age of sixteen. He proved a good leader and a powerful warrior. He was also very ambitious, and he soon managed to depose and eliminate other chiefs and seize control of their tribes