| | | Council of Nicæa. | | | 350 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ 350 | | | Unsuccessful Roman | Temporary revival of Paganism| | | | campaign against | under Julian the | | | | Persia. | Apostate. | | | | | Advance of the Goths checked | | | | | by Theodosius. | | | | | Empire separated into East | | | | | and West, 396. | | | | | Alaric the Visigoth held in | | | | | check in the Western Empire| | | | | by Stilicho. | | | | | Westward movement of Vandals | | | | | through Gaul to Spain. | | | 400 +-------------------------+------------------------------+ 400 | | | | Sack of Rome by Alaric, after| | | | | death of Stilicho. | | | | | End of the Roman occupation | | | | | of Britain. | | | | | The Goths withdraw westwards.| | | | | Establishment of the | | | | | Visigothic kingdom of | | | | | Theoderic in Spain and | | | | Vandals, expelled from | Aquitania. | | | | Spain, established in | Irruption of the Huns under | | | | Africa. | Attila. | | | 450 +-------------------------+------------------------------+ 450 | | | | BRITAIN: The coming of the | | | | | Saxons. | | | | | Barbarian “Patricians” set up| | | | | and depose Western | | | | | Emperors. | | | | | Odoacer, “King” in Italy, | | | | | recognises supremacy of the| | | | | Eastern Emperor Zeno. | | | | | Theoderic the Ostrogoth | | | | | founds a Teutonic State in | | | | | Italy. | | | 500 | | Rise of the Franks in Gaul, | 500 | |A.D. | | under Clovis. |A.D. | +-----+-------------------------+------------------------------+-----+