Western Roman Empire Timeline

The Roman empire is split into the Western and Eastern Roman empires.

Picts, Scots, Saxons, and Franks attack the Roman Empire.

Emperor Theodosius I closes pagan temples.

Ravenna becomes the capital of the Western Roman Empire.

Alaric of the Visigoths sacks Rome.

Vandals take Carthage from the Western Roman Empire and make it their new capital.

Aetius defeats Attila of the Huns at the Catalaunian Fields, together with Rome's allies.

Vandals sack Rome.

Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman emperor, deposed by Odoacer and sent into forced retirement in Campania.

Emperor Romulus Augustus is deposed by the Germanic King Odoacer. This is the `official' end of the Roman Empire.

Julius Nepos, the last Western Roman emperor, dies. This is the `unofficial' end of the Western Roman Empire.

Clovis of the Franks defeats the Romans in Gaul. Founding of the Frankish kingdom.

Theodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths conquers Italy.

Charlemagne the Great of the Franks is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III.