Light in the dark ages

  • 410

    Visigoths sack Rome under king Alaric

    Visigoths sack Rome under king Alaric
  • 418

    Franks take Gaul

  • 429

    St Augustine dies

  • 430

    Council of Ephesus - third ecumenical-defined Mary to be mother of god

  • 445

    Emp valentine lll acknowledge papal supremacy

  • 451

    Council of Chalcedon; - fourth Ecumenical - defined the human and divine natures of Christ in one Person

  • 452

    St. Leo I (the Great) meets Attila the Hun

  • 476

    End of Roman Empire, last western emperor is Romulus Augustulus

  • 493

    Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes king of italy

  • 529

    St. Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino

    St. Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino
  • 557

    Second Council of Constantinople - fifth Ecumenical - called by Emperor Justinian

  • 570

    Muhammad born at or near Mecca

  • 599

    At, Gregory, 590-604

  • 611

    Muhammad has vision of archangel Gabriel

  • 624

    Muhammad defeats Meccans at battle of badr

  • 637

    Jerusalem captured by Muslim

  • 640

    Library of Alexandria destroyed with 300,000 ancient papyrus scrolls

  • 670

    Third Council of Constantinople - sixth Ecumenical

  • 674

    Dome of the Rock built over the Temple