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285 CEThe Roman empire is split into the Western and Eastern Roman empires.
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367 CEPicts, Scots, Saxons, and Franks attack the Roman Empire.
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391 CEEmperor Theodosius I closes pagan temples.
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402 CERavenna becomes the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
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410 CEAlaric of the Visigoths sacks Rome.
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439 CEVandals take Carthage from the Western Roman Empire and make it their new capital.
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451 CEAetius defeats Attila of the Huns at the Catalaunian Fields, together with Rome's allies.
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455 CEVandals sack Rome.
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476 CEEmperor Romulus Augustus is deposed by the Germanic King Odoacer. This is the `official' end of the Roman Empire.
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476 CERomulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman emperor, deposed by Odoacer and sent into forced retirement in Campania.
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480 CEJulius Nepos, the last Western Roman emperor, dies. This is the `unofficial' end of the Western Roman Empire.
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486 CEClovis of the Franks defeats the Romans in Gaul. Founding of the Frankish kingdom.
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488 CE - 493 CETheodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths conquers Italy.
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800 CECharlemagne the Great of the Franks is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III.
