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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

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. − Emperor Valens Germanic tribes cross the Rhine 406 A.D.
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.

The Germanic Kingdoms		Map of the Roman Empire and the First Wave of Early Germanic Peoples' Migrations Map of the Early Germanic Kingdoms after the First Wave of Invasions (2)
Map of the Germanic Kingdoms and Justinian's Conquests in the West		Religions in the Roman Empire ca. 400

Missionaries to Northern Europe		Arian Missionaries Ulfila, Apostle to the Goths
Franks King Clovis 486-511 converts the Franks to Christianity	Irish, Scots and Celts St. Columba St. Patrick	England Bede's Description of the Mission to England	Germans Life of St. Boniface Letters of St. Boniface
Slavs Saints Cyril and Methodius Pope Nicholas I's Letter to the Bulgars 866 A.D.	Visigothic coins	Scandanavians Anskar, Apostle to the North
Missionaries in Northern Europe Map to ca. 800		Christianization of Northern Europe to ca. 1400

Dying Gaul (German) Third Century BC Roman Copy of Greek Original, Capitoline Museum, Rome Click on picture for detailed views