Early Medieval History Flashcards
the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
312
Constantine defeats Maxentius.
The reign of Emperor Diocletian
284-306
He ends the crisis of the Third Century.
Edict of Milan
313
Diocletian had moved the capital of Rome to Milan.
the Battle of Chrysopolis
324
Constantine defeats Licinius, the Augustus of the East, and becomes sole emperor of Rome.
Council of Nicaea
325 AD
Purports to solve the Arian controversy;
Adoption of the Nicene Creed.
Constantine moves the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium
330
The Battle of Andrianople
378
The Goths defeat Emperor Valens.
Theodosus makes Christianity the sole religion of the Roman Empire
393
Permanent split between the eastern and western Roman Empires
395
with the death of Theodosius
The Capital of the Western Roman Empire moves from Milan to Ravenna
402
Saint Jerome completes the Vulgate
405
Commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382.
Germanic barbarians cross the frozen Rhine
406
Visigoth cheiftan Alaric sacks Rome
410
Rome withdraws from Britainia
411
The murder of Hypatia
415
In Alexandria
Saint Augustine of Hippo writes
420
The death of Augustine in the Vandal siege of Hippo
430
Saint Patrick arrives returns to Ireland
432
The Council of Chalcedon
451
Divides the church into three: Roman Catholic; Church of the East; Orthodox.
Pope Leo I meets Attila outside the gates of Rome
453
The fall of the Roman Empire in the west
476
Germanic Chieftan Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustus
Odoacer is overthrown
493
by Theodoric the Ostrogoth, who rules Italy until 526.
The rein of Justinian I
527-65
Saint Benedict writes the Rule of Saint Benedict
529 (approximately)
the death of Justinian I
565
Pope Gregory I sends Saint Augustine to Britain
597
He becomes the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
Muhammed conquers Mecca
630
Islam begins its spread through conquest
632
The Moors conquer Spain
730
Under Abdul Rahman
The Battle of Tours / Poitiers
732
Charles Martel halts the advance of the Moors by defeating Abdul Rahman
The Viking raid on Lindisfarne
793
signals the start of the Viking Age
spreads panic
causes Europe to militarize
Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor
800
By Pope Leo III in Rome
The rise of Venice
It gains independence from the empires of Charlemagne and Byzantium in 810 and rises to its zenith during the Crusades.
