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410 - Rome is sacked by this first King of the Visigoths
Alaric
413 - St. Augustine of Hippo begins this work that aims at answering to the allegation that Christianity caused the decline of Rome
The City of God
ca. 416 - This monk founds the Abbey of St Victor in Marseilles thus bringing the ideas and practices of Egyptian monasticism to the early medieval West
Johannes Cassian
438 - A compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire under the Christian emperors since 312 is issued that is known under the name of this Emperor
Theodosius
439 - Carthage is captured by the Vandals lead by this King which marks the end of six centuries of Roman domination of this territory
Genseric
440 - This Pope, the first to be called "the great", is elected who persuaded Attila to turn back from his invasion of Italy
Leo the Great
451 - This battle during the Hunnic invasion of Gaul sees the defeat of Attila
Chalons
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454 - This Roman general who defeated Attila is assassinated by the Roman emperor himself
Aetius
455 - This same Roman emperor who killed his general is assassinated and a few days later the city of Rome is sacked by the Vandals lead by Genseric
Valentinian
466 - Beginning of the conquest of Spain by this Germanic people led by King Euric
Visigoths
476 - The last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustus, resigns the crown to this Roman soldier at Ravenna
Odoacer
486 - This battle between the Frankish forces under Clovis I and the general Syagrius leads to the Frankish conquest of the Roman rump state of Soissons
Soissons
493 - This Ostrogoth King begins his reign in Italy
Theoderic
496 - Following his victory at this battle against the Alamanni, Clovis converts to Christianism
For example, I typed "Leo" instead of "Leo the Great", as "the Great" was given in the text. Also, "TheodOric" should also be accepted, along with "TheodEric".
This is a great quizz though, I'm doing the full series of them, so thanks for your work !
For example, I typed "Leo" instead of "Leo the Great", as "the Great" was given in the text. Also, "TheodOric" should also be accepted, along with "TheodEric".
This is a great quizz though, I'm doing the full series of them, so thanks for your work !