│ │ (2) The second trumpet sounded, │ │ chap. viii. 8, 9. │ │ The invasion of the Roman │ │ empire by Genseric, king of │ │ the Vandals, A.D. 428‒468. │ │ │ │ (3) The third trumpet sounded, │ │ chap. viii. 10, 11. │ │ The invasion of the Roman │ │ empire by Attila, king of │ │ the Huns, the “Scourge of │ │ God,” A.D. 433‒453. │ │ │ │ (4) The fourth trumpet sounded, │ │ chap. viii. 12, 13. │ │ The final conquest of Rome │ │ and the Western empire by │ │ Odoacer, king of the Heruli, │ │ A.D. 476‒490. │ │ │ │ B. THE EAST――to the fall of the │ │ Eastern empire――two trumpets, │ │ chap. ix. │ │ │ │ (5) The fifth trumpet sounded, │ │ chap. ix. 1‒12. │ │ The Mahometans, or Saracens. │ │ │ │ (6) The sixth trumpet sounded, │ │ chap. ix. 13‒19. │ │ The Turkish power. │ │ The interval between the │ │ fall of the Eastern empire │ │ and the sounding of the │ │ seventh trumpet, chap. │ │ ix. 20; xi. 13:―― │ │ │ │ (a) The result of these │ │ judgments, chap. ix. 20, 21. │ │ They produce no change in │ │ the moral condition of the │ │ world; fulfilled in the │ │ state of the Papal world │ │ after the conquest of │ │ Constantinople, and before │ │ the Reformation. │ │