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Timeline for essay

  • 395

    Theodosius

    Theodosius
    broke up The Roman Empire in two halves
  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman Emperor, was defeated; the Germanic General Odoacer ruled Italy.
  • 481

    Childeric died

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

    Theodoricus the Great

    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
  • 535

    The beginning Byzantine war againts Ostrogoths in Italy.

    The beginning Byzantine war againts Ostrogoths in Italy.
  • 567

    The Visigothic King Athanagild died

    The Visigothic King Athanagild died
    of natural causes.And his son Liuvigild inherited his throne
  • 568

    The Lombards invaded Italy

    The Lombards invaded Italy
    taking power and territories from Byzantine Empire and the founded their own Kingdom in it.
  • 585

    The Visigoths conquered Suevi Kingdom

    The Visigoths conquered Suevi Kingdom
  • 653

    Recceswinth, a Visigothic King

    Recceswinth, a Visigothic King
    Established common laws for Hispano-Roman and Visigothic peoples in order the peaceful unification
  • 711

    Tarik and Muza, Muslim Generals

    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
  • 711

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    the Holy Roman Emperor ruled until the year 814.
  • 718

    Pelagius, Astur King defeated the Muslims

    Pelagius, Astur King defeated the Muslims
    in the Battle of Covadonga. It´s the beginning of the Reconquest .
  • 793

    The Vikings attacked Europe devastating

    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.