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| Reigns of the Five Good Emperors (96 - 180) |
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Nerva (96-98),
Trajan (98-117),
Hadrian (117-138),
Antonius Plus (138-161),
Marcus Aurelius (161-180) |
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| Emperors in the Flavian Dynasty (69 - 96) |
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Definition
Vespian (69-79),
Titus (79-81),
Domitian (81-96) |
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| Emperors in the Julio-Claudian Dynasty (31 B.C. - A.D. 68) |
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Definition
Augustus (31 B.C. - A.D. 14),
Tiberious (14-37),
Caligula (37-41),
Claudius (41-54),
Nero (54-68) |
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Early Roman Empire
Date Span? From - to - ? |
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| Events in the Late Roman Empire (284 - 476) |
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Definition
Diocletian (284-305),
Constantine (306-337)
including the Edict of Milian (313) and the
Construction of Constantinople (324-330),
Valens (364-378),
Battle of Adrianople (378),
Theodosius "the Great" (378-395),
Division of the Empire (395),
Alaric and Visogoths sack Rome (410),
Roman legions abandon Britian (410),
Vandals sack Rome (455),
Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustulus (476)
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| Events in the Germanic Kingdoms (493 - 732) |
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Definition
Theodoric establishes
an Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy (493),
Frankish king Clovis converts to Christianity (c. 500),
Reconquest of Italy by Byzantines (335-552),
Lombards begin conquest of Italy (568),
Muslims shatter Visigoths in Spain (711),
Charles Martel defeats Muslims (732)
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| Events in the Byzantine Empire (408 - 679) |
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Definition
Protective walls of Theodosius II (408-450),
Justinian codifies Roman law (529-533),
Reconquest of Italy by the Byzantines (535-552),
Completion of Hagia Sophia (537),
Attacks on the empire
in reign of Heraclitus (610-641),
Arab defeat of Byzantines at Yarmuk (636),
Defeat by the Bulgars;
losses in the Balkans (679)
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Term
| Events in the Rise of Islam (570 - 732) |
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Definition
Birth of Mohammad (c. 570),
Muhammad's Flight from Mecca (Hegira) (622),
Death of Muhammad (632),
Defeat of Byzantines at Yarmuk (636),
Defeat of Persians (637-650),
Seizure of Byzantine provinces
of Syria and Egypt (640-642),
Invasion of Spain (c. 710),
Arab failure to capture Constantinople (717-718),
Defeat of Muslims near Poitiers (732)
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Term
| Events in the Carlolingian Empire (751 - 843) |
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Definition
Pepin crowned King of the Franks (751),
Reign of Charlemagne (768-814),
Reign of Louis the Pius (814-840),
Treaty of Verdun divides Carolingian Empire (843)
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| Events in the Reign of Charlemange (716-814) |
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Definition
Campaign in Italy (773-774),
Campaign in Span (778),
Conquest of Bavarians (787-788),
Charlemange crowned emperor (800),
Final conquest of Saxons (804) |
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Term
| Events of the Byzantine Empire (842 - 1025) |
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Definition
Michael III (842-867),
Macedonian dynasty (867-1081)
including Leo VI (886-912)
and Basil II (976-1025)
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Term
| Slavic Peoples of Central and Eastern Europe (862-1038) |
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Definition
Establishment of Novgrood (c. 862),
Cyril and Methodius begin to
convert Moravian Slavs (863),
Oleg creates principality of Kiev (c 873-913),
Reign of Prince Mieszko;
Slavs in Poland converted to Christianity (987),
Saint Stephen, king of Hungary (997-1038)
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| Events of the World of Islam (750 - 973) |
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Definition
Overthrow of Umayyad dynasty by Abbasids (750),
Creation of emirate of al-Andalus (756),
Harun al-Rashid (786-809), al-Ma'mun (813-833),
Creation of caliphate of al-Andalus (929),
Establishment of Fatimid caliphate in Egypt (973) |
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| New Political Configuration of the Tenth Century: Eastern Franks (911 - 962) |
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Definition
Conrad of Franconia (911-918);
Saxon Dynasty:
Henry I (919 - 936);
Otto I (936-973)
including
the Defeat of Magyars (955) and
Coronation as emperor (962)
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| New Political Configuration of the Tenth Century: Western Franks |
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Definition
| Election of Hugh Capet as king (987) |
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| New Political Configuration of the Tenth Century: Anglo-Saxon England |
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Definition
| Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (871-899) including Peace with Danes (886), Reign of King Edgar (959-975) |
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