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Timeline for essay

  • Theodosius
    395

    Theodosius

    broke up The Roman Empire in two halves
  • Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman Emperor, was defeated; the Germanic General Odoacer ruled Italy.
  • Childeric died
    481

    Childeric died

    Frankish Monarch who promised to Galorromans protects them from the Visigoth attacks. His son Clovis I inherited the Kingdom.
  • Theodoricus the Great
    493

    Theodoricus the Great

    besegied Rávena and he was managed to conquer it capturing Odoacer.Therefore, the Heruli lost their power in Italy, giving it to the Ostrogoths
  • The beginning Byzantine war againts Ostrogoths in Italy.
    535

    The beginning Byzantine war againts Ostrogoths in Italy.

  • The Visigothic King Athanagild died
    567

    The Visigothic King Athanagild died

    of natural causes.And his son Liuvigild inherited his throne
  • The Lombards invaded Italy
    568

    The Lombards invaded Italy

    taking power and territories from Byzantine Empire and the founded their own Kingdom in it.
  • The Visigoths conquered Suevi Kingdom
    585

    The Visigoths conquered Suevi Kingdom

  • Recceswinth, a Visigothic King
    653

    Recceswinth, a Visigothic King

    Established common laws for Hispano-Roman and Visigothic peoples in order the peaceful unification
  • Tarik and  Muza, Muslim Generals
    711

    Tarik and Muza, Muslim Generals

    crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. They invaded Iberian Peninsula, ending the Visigothic Kingdom. It´s the beginning of a new period in our History during eight centuries
  • Charlemagne
    711

    Charlemagne

    the Holy Roman Emperor ruled until the year 814.
  • Pelagius, Astur King defeated the Muslims
    718

    Pelagius, Astur King defeated the Muslims

    in the Battle of Covadonga. It´s the beginning of the Reconquest .
  • The Vikings attacked Europe devastating
    793

    The Vikings attacked Europe devastating

    the Monastery of Lindisfarne (U.K.) ans taken as the beginning of the Viking Age in most part of Western Europe.