TRS 220: The Fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Conversion of Northern Europe |
Topic 2 Germanic (Barbarian)Invasions (Volkerwanderungen) |
The Germanic Tribes invade the Christian Roman Empire
The Christian Empire struggles to survive
Huns arrive on the Don River 370 A.D. | Visigoths enter Empire 376 with permission of Emperor Valentinian I |
Battle of Adrianople 378 A.D.
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Valens
Germanic tribes cross the Rhine 406 A.D. |
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Vandals invade Roman Africa 430
A.D. Attila the Hun is defeated 451 A.D. |
Rome is sacked by Vandals 455 A.D. Saxons, Picts, and Angles |
Roman Man, Berlin |
Last Roman Emperor in West Romulus Augustulus is killed 476 A.D. |
Missionaries to Northern Europe |
Arian Missionaries
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Franks King Clovis 486-511 converts the Franks to Christianity |
Irish, Scots and Celts | England | Germans |
Slavs
Pope Nicholas I's Letter to the Bulgars 866 A.D.
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Visigothic coins |
Scandanavians | |
Missionaries in Northern Europe Map to ca. 800 |
Dying Gaul (German) Third Century BC Roman Copy of Greek Original, Capitoline Museum, Rome Click on picture for detailed views |