Early Medieval History

Question 0

the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Answer 0

312

Constantine defeats Maxentius.

Question 1

The reign of Emperor Diocletian

Answer 1

284-306

He ends the crisis of the Third Century.

Question 2

Edict of Milan

Answer 2

313

Diocletian had moved the capital of Rome to Milan.

Question 3

the Battle of Chrysopolis

Answer 3

324

Constantine defeats Licinius, the Augustus of the East, and becomes sole emperor of Rome.

Question 4

Council of Nicaea

Answer 4

325 AD

Purports to solve the Arian controversy;
Adoption of the Nicene Creed.

Question 5

Constantine moves the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium

Answer 5

330

Question 6

The Battle of Andrianople

Answer 6

378

The Goths defeat Emperor Valens.

Question 7

Theodosus makes Christianity the sole religion of the Roman Empire

Answer 7

393

Question 8

Permanent split between the eastern and western Roman Empires

Answer 8

395

with the death of Theodosius

Question 9

The Capital of the Western Roman Empire moves from Milan to Ravenna

Answer 9

402

Question 10

Saint Jerome completes the Vulgate

Answer 10

405

Commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382.

Question 11

Germanic barbarians cross the frozen Rhine

Answer 11

406

Question 12

Visigoth cheiftan Alaric sacks Rome

Answer 12

410

Question 13

Rome withdraws from Britainia

Answer 13

411

Question 14

The murder of Hypatia

Answer 14

415

In Alexandria

Question 15

Saint Augustine of Hippo writes

Answer 15

420

Question 16

The death of Augustine in the Vandal siege of Hippo

Answer 16

430

Question 17

Saint Patrick arrives returns to Ireland

Answer 17

432

Question 18

The Council of Chalcedon

Answer 18

451

Divides the church into three: Roman Catholic; Church of the East; Orthodox.

Question 19

Pope Leo I meets Attila outside the gates of Rome

Answer 19

453

Question 20

The fall of the Roman Empire in the west

Answer 20

476

Germanic Chieftan Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustus

Question 21

Odoacer is overthrown

Answer 21

493

by Theodoric the Ostrogoth, who rules Italy until 526.

Question 22

The rein of Justinian I

Answer 22

527-65

Question 23

Saint Benedict writes the Rule of Saint Benedict

Answer 23

529 (approximately)

Question 24

the death of Justinian I

Answer 24

565

Question 25

Pope Gregory I sends Saint Augustine to Britain

Answer 25

597

He becomes the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

Question 26

Muhammed conquers Mecca

Answer 26

630

Question 27

Islam begins its spread through conquest

Answer 27

632

Question 28

The Moors conquer Spain

Answer 28

730

Under Abdul Rahman

Question 29

The Battle of Tours / Poitiers

Answer 29

732

Charles Martel halts the advance of the Moors by defeating Abdul Rahman

Question 30

The Viking raid on Lindisfarne

Answer 30

793
signals the start of the Viking Age
spreads panic
causes Europe to militarize

Question 31

Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor

Answer 31

800

By Pope Leo III in Rome

Question 32

The rise of Venice

Answer 32

It gains independence from the empires of Charlemagne and Byzantium in 810 and rises to its zenith during the Crusades.