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400                          Saturnalia (Macrobius)

                                Iron Pillar erected near New Delhi

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Alaric invades Italy

                                The Senate of Constantinople has 2,000 members (mostly bureaucrats)

                                Byzantine tax collectors commonly need military escorts

                                Inca civilization develops on South American Pacific coast

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Kalidasa                                                                                 400-455

                                Leo I                                                                                       400-461                   Roman Pope

401                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Innocent I proclaims universal jurisdiction over Roman Church

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Anastasius -                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (399-)

                                Innocent I +                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-417)

402                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Ravenna becomes capital of Western Roman Empire

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Symmachus                                                                           340-402

403                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

404                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Flavian of Antioch -            (Patriarchate of Antioch)

                                Claudian                                                                                                370-404                   Poet (Alexandria)

405                          Chinese system of writing introduced into Japan

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

406                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Suebi, Vandal, and Alan confederation crosses the Rhine at Mainz, launching an invasion of Gaul (12/31)

                                Gaul lost to Vandals under king Gunderic,  Alans, and Sueves (Suebi, aka Alemanni) (-407)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

407                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                First Mongol Empire founded by the Avars (-553)

                                Last Roman troops withdraw from Britain -Romano - Britains fend for themselves

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Frode IV -                              (Denmark)                                              (348-)

                                Ingild +                                  (Denmark)                                              (-436)

408                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Stilicho is murdered on order of Honorius

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Arcadius -                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (395-)

                                Theodosius II +                    (Eastern Roman Empire)      (408-450) Augustus

409                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Spain lost to Suevi (Alemanni) and Vandals

                                Alaric, king of the Visigoths invades Italy and installs a puppet ruler at Rome, Honorius remains in Ravenna

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Maximus +                             (Western Roman Empire)    (-411)      (usurper in Spain)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

410                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Britain lost to Angles and Saxons

                                Honorius mishandles negotiations with Alaric

                                Rome sacked by Visigoths under Alaric

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Maximus ...                            (Western Roman Empire)                    (409-411)                (usurper in Spain) 

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Alaric                                                                                     370-410                   King of the Visigoths

411                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Rival emperor Constantine defeated by Honorius' general Constantius (III)

                                Burgundians enter Gaul

                                Visigoths conquer Spain

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Maximus -                              (Western Roman Empire)    (409-411)                (usurper in Spain)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Proclus                                                                                   411-485

412                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius makes peace with Ataulf

                                Ataulpus +                            (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (-415)      (Ataulf)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

413                          City of God (Augustine)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                7 Liberal Arts - Trivium: grammar, logic, rhetoric ; Quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music

                                Kumarajiva                                                                            344-413

414                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Ataulf marries Honorius' sister Galla Placidia (against Honorius' will)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

415                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Ataulf -                                  (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (412-)      murdered

                                Sigeric +-                               (Visigoth Kingdom)                             *****

                                Wallia +                                 (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (-417)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Chandra Gupta II -               (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (380-)

                                Kumara Gupta +                  (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (-455)

416                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Merovingian House in Frankish Kingdom (-751)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

417                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Wallia -                                  (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (415-)                     

                                Theodoric +                          (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (417-451)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Innocent I -                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (401-)

418                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Boniface I +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-422)

                                Eulalius (antipope) +                                                                           (-419)

419                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Visigoth Kingdom established in Spain with Toulouse as capital (-507)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Eulalius (antipope) -                                                                            (418-)

420                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DYNASTIES +   (420-589)                          China

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Yazdegerd I -                         (Sassanian Empire)                              (399-)

                                Bahram V Gor +    (Sassanian Empire)                              (-438)

                                Jerome                                                                                    345-420                   Ecclesiastical Intellectual

421                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Joint emperors in the west (Honorius & Constantius III)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Constantius III +-                 (Western Roman Empire)    *****    joint emperor

422                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Boniface I -                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (418-)

                                Celestine I +                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-432)

423                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius -                             (Western Roman Empire)    (395-423)                (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Honorius                                                                               384-423                   Emperor (Roman)

424                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

425                          Compilation of Palestinian Talmud (-475)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Angles, Saxons and Jutes raid Britain

                                End of Jewish patriarchate

                                Valentinian III +                    (Western Roman Empire)                    (425-455)                (s. of Constantius III)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

426                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

427                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

428                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Clodion +                               (Frankish Kingdom)                             (428-448)

                                Gaiseric +                               (Vandal Kingdom)                                (428-477)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Theodore of Mopsuestia                                                    350-428                   Theologian/Bishop (Syria)

429                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Gaiseric leads Vandals from Spain into Africa and subdues a large territory

                                Rome loses Africa  to Vandals (-439)

                                Vandal kingdom in Northern Africa (-535)

                                Start of Northern and Southern Dynasties period in China

                                Clodion ...                              (Frankish Kingdom)                             (428-448)

                                Theodoric ...                          (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (417-451)

                                Valentinian III ...                   (Western Roman Empire)                    (425-455)                (s. of Constantius III)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Celestine I ...                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (422-429)

                                Gaiseric ...                              (Vandal Kingdom)                                (428-477)                King

                                Bahram V Gor ...                    (Sassanian Empire)                              (420-438)                Emperor

                                Kumara Gupta I ...                (Gupta Empire)                                      (415-455)                Emperor

                                Skandavarman III ...             (Pallava Kingdom)                               (400-436)

                                ?????????                              (Kalabhra Dynasty)                             (???-???)

                                ?????????                              (Pyu City States/Kingdoms)              (???-???)               

                                ?????????                              (Funan Empire)                                     (???-???)                                               

                                Yujiulü Datan                        (Rouran Confederation)                      (414-429)                Mouhanheshenggai Khan

                                Taiwu ...                                 (Northern Wei Dynasty)                     (423-452)                Emperor

                                Wen ...                                   (Liu Song Dynasty)                             (424-453)                Emperor

                                Ingyo ...                                 (Japan)                                                   (411-453)                19th Emperor (Trad.)

430                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus)                                    354-430                   Ecclesiastical Intellectual

431                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Council of Ephesus (3rd Ecumenical) - Nestorius condemned - half of Syria alienated from the imperial Church

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

432                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                St. Patrick begins mission to Ireland

                                Battle of Rimini - Boniface defeats his rival Aetius - Aetius briefly goes into exile among the Huns

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Celestine I -                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (422-)

                                Sixtus III +                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-440)

433                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Aetius returns from exile to become the chief ruler of the Western Empire

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Attila +                                   (Huns)                                                    (-453)

434                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

435                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                North Africa territory ceded to Vandal king Gaiseric by treaty from the Romans

                                Attila, king of the Huns, raids the Danube provinces (-453)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Odoacer                                                                                 435-493                   German Chieftan/Mercenary

436                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Childeric                                                                                436-481                   Merovingian King (son of Meroveus)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

437                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

438                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosian Law Code

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Bahram V Gor -                     (Sassanian Empire)                              (420-)

                                Yazdegerd II +                      (Sassanian Empire)                              (-457)

439                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Vandals under Gaiseric capture Carthage

                                The West is completely overrun by barbarians

                                Piracy rife in the western Mediterranean

                                The imperial administration in the East begins to use Greek

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

440                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Gaiseric sends a fleet to raid Sicily

                                Northern Wei Dynasty unites northern China

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

                                Sixtus III -                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (432-)

                                Leo I the Great +                   (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-461)

441                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

442                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Gaiseric gains recognition of his independence

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

443                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

444                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

445                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Attilla murders his brother - becomes sole ruler of the Huns

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

446                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

447                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

448                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Clodion -                                (Frankish Kingdom)                             (428-)

                                Merovaeus +                         (Frankish Kingdom)                             (-458)

                                Egill Tunnadolgi +               (Sweden)                                               (-456)      Yngling

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

449                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Jutes under Hengest and Horsa conquer Kent

                                Theodosius II ...                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (408-450) Augustus

450                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius II -                     (Eastern Roman Empire)      (408-450) Augustus

                                Marcian +                              (Eastern Roman Empire)      (450-457) Augustus

451                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Battle of Chalons - Attila repulsed by Franks, Alemanni & Romans & Visigoths under Aetius' leadership (6/20)

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                                Council of Chalcedon - the Patriarch of Alexandria condemned - Egypt alienated

                                Council of Chalcedon - system of patriarchal jurisdictions completed

                                Council of Chalcedon - Jerusalem added as fifth patriarchate

                                Council of Chalcedon - Tome of Leo, a doctrinal letter defining the two natures and one person of Christ adopted

                                Council of Chalcedon - heresiarch Eutyches condemned

                                Rome threatened by the Huns

                                Attila invades Gaul, sacks Metz and other cities, then moves on to Italy and Italy (-452)

                                Chlodio (son of Merovech) invades Artois - Aetius defeats him

                                Yazdegerd II overwhelms the Armenians

                                Theodoric -                           (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (417-)

                                Theodoric II +                       (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (-455)

                                Marcian ...                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (450-457) Augustus

452                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Venice founded

                                Pope Leo I meets with Attila the Hun outside Rome and persuades him not to invade the city

                                Marcian ...                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (450-457) Augustus

453                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Attila dies from nasal hemorrhage during marriage celebration

                                Marcian ...                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (450-457) Augustus

                                Attila -                                    (Huns)                                                    (433-)

454                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Valentinian, jealous of Aetius' success - has him murdered

                                Ostrogoths settle in Pannonia

                                Hun invasions in India (-500)

                                Marcian ...                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (450-457) Augustus

                                Theodoric the Great                                                             454-526                   King of the Ostrogoths (Pannonia)

                                Aetius                                                                                    396-454                   Roman General

455                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Rome sacked by Vandals under Gaiseric

                                Valentinian III -                     (Western Roman Empire)                    (425-)      (s. of Constantius III)

                                Petronius Maximus +-         (Western Roman Empire)                    *****

                                Avitus +                                 (Western Roman Empire)                    (-456)

                                Marcian ...                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (450-457) Augustus

                                Theodoric II -                        (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (451-)

                                Kumara Gupta -                    (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (415-)

                                Skanda Gupta +                    (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (-467)

                                Kalidasa                                                                                 400-455

456                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Avitus -                                 (Western Roman Empire)                    (455-)

                                Marcian ...                             (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (450-457) Augustus

                                Egill Tunnadolgi -                (Sweden)                                               (448-)      Yngling

                                Ottar Vendilkraka +          (Sweden)                                               (-460)      Yngling

457                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Majorian +                             (Western Roman Empire)                    (-461)      puppet of Ricimer

                                Marcian -                               (Eastern Roman Empire)      (450-457) Augustus

                                Leo I +                                    (Eastern Roman Empire)      (457-474) Augustus

                                Yazdegerd II -                       (Sassanian Empire)                              (438-)

                                Ormizd III +                           (Sassanian Empire)                              (-459)

458                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Merovaeus -                         (Frankish Kingdom)                             (448-)                     

                                Childeric I +                           (Frankish Kingdom)                             (-481)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

                                Theodoret                                                                             393-458                   Churchman/Theologian (Syria)

459                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Ostrogoths loot the Balkans (-487)

                                Isaurians in Asia Minor and Syria (-487)

                                Imperial succession in the West comes to an end (-487)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

                                Ormizd III -                            (Sassanian Empire)                              (457-)

                                Firuz +                                    (Sassanian Empire)                              (-484)

460                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Frode V -                                (Denmark)                                              (447-)

                                Helge and Roe +                   (Denmark)                                              (-494)

                                Ottar Vendilkraka -               (Sweden)                                               (456-)      Yngling

                                Adils +                                   (Sweden)                                               (-505)      Yngling

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

461                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Majorian sends an expedition against Gaiseric but it fails

                                Majorian -                              (Western Roman Empire)                    (457-)      puppet of Ricimer

                                Libius Severus +                  (Western Roman Empire)                    (-465)      puppet of Ricimer

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

                                Leo I The Great -                  (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (440-)

                                Hilary +                                  (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-468)

                                Leo I                                                                                       400-461                   Roman Pope

                                St. Patrick                                                                              389-461

462                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

463                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

464                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

465                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                White Huns dominate northern India

                                Libius Severus -                   (Western Roman Empire)                    (461-)      puppet of Ricimer

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

466                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Euric +                                    (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (-484)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus            

                                Clovis I                                                                                  466-511                   Merovingian King

467                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Anthemius +                         (Western Roman Empire)                    (-472)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

                                Skanda Gupta -                     (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (455-)

468                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

                                Hilary -                                   (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (461-)

                                Simplicius +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-483)

469                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

470                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

471                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodoric the Great +         (Ostrogothic Kingdom)                       (-526)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

472                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Anthemius -                          (Western Roman Empire)                    (467-)

                                Olybius +                               (Western Roman Empire)                    (-473)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

473                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Olybius -                                (Western Roman Empire)                    (472-)

                                Glycerius +                            (Western Roman Empire)                    (-474)

                                Leo I ...                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (457-474) Augustus

474                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Glycerius -                             (Western Roman Empire)                    (473-)

                                Julius Nepos +                      (Western Roman Empire)                    (-475)

                                Leo I -                                     (Eastern Roman Empire)      (457-474) Augustus

                                Leo II +-                                 (Eastern Roman Empire)                      *****

                                Zeno +                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (-475)      1st reign (Isaurian)

475                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Julius Nepos -                       (Western Roman Empire)                    (474-)

                                Romulus Augustulus +       (Western Roman Empire)                    (-476)

                                Zeno -                                    (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (474-)      1st reign (Isaurian)

                                Basiliscus +                           (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (-476)      usurper

476                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Heruli tribe revolt against Roman rule - claim Odoacer as king

                                Battle of Piacenza - Odoacer defeats Roman general Orestes

                                End of Western Roman Empire - Odoacer and the Goths depose Romulus Augustulus at Ravenna

                                Zeno recognizes Odoacer's authority over italy and names him patrician

                                Zeno concludes peace with Vandal king Gaiseric

                                Gaiseric's lands now include Roman Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearic Islands

                                Romulus Augustulus -        (Western Roman Empire)                    (475-)

                                Basiliscus -                            (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (475-)      usurper

                                Zeno +                                   (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (-491)      2nd reign (Isaurian)

                                Odoacer +                              (Heruli)(Sciri)(Rugii)                            (-493)      King and Chieftan

                                Arya Bhata                                                                            476-550

477                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BEGINNING OF MIDDLE AGES

                                Gaiseric -                                (Vandal Kingdom)                                (-477)

                                Huneric +                               (Vandal Kingdom)                                (-484)      North Africa

                                Budhagupta +                       (Gupta Empire)                                      (-495)      Northern India

                                Gaiseric                                                                                  390-477                   King of the Vandals

478                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SONG -                   (SOUTH)               (420-)

                                Jayavarman I +                     (Funan Kingdom)

479                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                QI +                                        (SOUTH)               (-501)

                                Eugenius +                            (Bishopric of Carthage)

480                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                White  Huns defeat Ghupta forces and make themselves masters of northern India

                                Benedict, Saint                                                                      480-543

                                Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus                              480-524                   Philosopher

481                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Merovingian dynasty established in France (-751)

                                Childeric I -                            (Frankish Kingdom)                             (549-)                                                     

                                Clovis I +                               (Frankish Kingdom)                             (-511)      King (Merovingian) (s. Childeric I)

                                Childeric                                                                                436-481                   Merovingian King (son of Meroveus)

482                          Henotikon  (Zeno)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Zeno's Henotikon attemps to reconcile Monophysites to the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon

483                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodoric the Great is appointed imperial master of soldiers by Zeno

                                Simplicius -                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (468-)

                                Felix III (or II) +                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-492)

                                Justinian                                                                                                483-565                   Byzantine Emperor

484                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodoric the Great is appointed consul of Roman Empire

                                Huneric dies

                                Euric -                                     (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (466-)

                                Alaric II  +                              (Visigoth Kingdom)                             (-507)     

                                Huneric -                                (Vandal Kingdom)                                (477-)      North Africa

                                Gunthamund +                      (Vandal Kingdom)                                (-496)      North Africa

                                Firuz -                                     (Sassanian Empire)                              (459-)

                                Balash +                                 (Sassanian Empire)                              (-488)

485                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Proclus                                                                                   411-485

486                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Battle of Soissons - Clovis defeats Roman legions under Syagrius - ends Roman control of the Paris region

487                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

488                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Zeno frees the East from Ostrogothic raids by encouraging Theodoric's invasion of Italy

                                Ostrogoths under Theodoric invade Italy

                                Balash -                                  (Sassanian Empire)                              (484-)

                                Kavadh I +                            (Sassanian Empire)                              (-496)      1st reign

                                Cassiodorus                                                                          488-575

                                Germanus                                                                              378-488

489                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Battle of Isonzo - Theodoric the Great victorious

490                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) +   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Battle of the Adda - Theodoric the Great victorious

491                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Zeno -                                    (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (476-)      2nd reign (Isaurian)

                                Anastasius I +                      (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (-518)

492                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Felix III (or II) -                      (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (483-)

                                Gelasius I +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-496)

493                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Clovis marries Burgundian Clothilde (Clotilda), a Roman Catholic

                                Theodoric the Great besieges and reduces Ravenna

                                Odoacer consents to a treaty by which he is to share power with Theodoric

                                Odoacer and his sons killed - Theodoric the Great invites Odoacer and his sons to a banquet then murders them with his own hands

                                Ostrogothic rule in Italy established under Theodoric the Great - rules as "patrician" (-552)

                                Bulgar invasions of Thrace begin

                                Northern Wei Dynasty moves capital from Datong to Luoyang

                                Odoacer -                               (Heruli)(Sciri)(Rugii)                            (476-)      King and chieftan (murdered)

                                Odoacer                                                                                 435-493                   German Chieftan/Mercenary

494                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Helge and Roe -                    (Denmark)                                              (460-)

                                Frode VI +                             (Denmark)                                              (-510)

495                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Budhagupta -                        (Gupta Empire)                                      (477-)      Northern India

496                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Battle of Tolbiac - Clovis I conquers Alemanni

                                Clovis I converts to Christianity -  baptized in Reims by St. Remigius (traditional date)

                                Gunthamund -                       (Vandal Kingdom)                                (484-)      North Africa

                                Thrasamund +                      (Vandal Kingdom)                                (-523)      North Africa

                                Kavadh I -                             (Sassanian Empire)                              (488-)      1st reign

                                Jamasp +                                (Sassanian Empire)                              (-499)

                                Gelasius I  -                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (492-)

                                Anastasius II +                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-498)

497                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Clotaire I                                                                                497-561                   Frankish King

498                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Battle of Tolbiac - Siegebert the Ripuarian defeats an Alemanni invasion

                                Battle of Strasburg - Clovis defeats the Alemanni

                                Anastasius II -                      (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (496-)

                                Symmachus +                       (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-514)

                                Lawrence (antipope) +                                                                        (-505)

499                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ...   Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders 

                                Jamasp -                                 (Sassanian Empire)                              (496-)

                                Kavadh I +                            (Sassanian Empire)                              (-531)      second reign

 



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