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476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire.
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493
Theodoric the Great establishes the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Ital
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527
Justinian I ascends as Byzantine Emperor, later initiating major legal and architectural reforms.
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711
The Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula begins.
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732
Battle of Tours – Charles Martel halts the northward advance of Islamic forces.
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800
Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor by Pope Leo III, uniting much of Western Europe.