330 Foundation of Constantinople
361-3 Julian
379-94 Theodosius
391 Prohibition of pagan sacrifice
409 Britain secedes
410 Alaric and Visigoths sack Rome
430 Augustine d.
451 Council of Chalcedon
455 Vandals sack Rome
476 Fall of the Western Empire to Odoacer and the Ostrogoths
527-565 Justinian
541 Plague
610-41 Heraclius
622 The Hegira: Mohammed moves from Mecca to Medina
636 Battle of River Yarmuk: Byzantines lose the East to the Arabs
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