The Fall of Rome

  • 455 BCE

    Vandals attack Rome

    The sack of 455 was the second of three sacks of Rome; it was conducted by the Vandals, who were then at war with the usurping Western Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus.
  • 451 BCE

    Theodoric unseats Odovacar

    Theodoric known as Theodoric the Great and Flavius Theodoricus, 451 or 454 - 526 CE was the king of the Ostrogoths.
  • 410 BCE

    Visigoths sack Rome

    The city was attacked by the Visigoths led by King Alaric.
  • 325 BCE

    Council of Nicea

    was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea currently called Iznik, Bursa province, Turkey by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325.
  • 313 BCE

    Edict of Milan

    a proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Milan between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius
  • 306 BCE

    The Constantine makes Christianity the official religion of Rome

    Constantine the Great divided the Roman Empire in two and made Christianity into the dominant religion in the region.
  • 280 BCE

    The division of the Empire into East and West

    The Empire was Divided into the Patricians, a small group of aristocratic families and The Plebeians.
  • Period: 100 to Dec 31, 600

    Fall of Rome