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100

The Norman duke who conquered England.

Who is William the Conqueror?

100

The year the Germans destroyed three Roman legions, thus ending the Roman invasion of Germany.

What is 9 AD?

100

This tribe won the Battle of Adrianople and sacked Rome.

Who are the Visigoths?

100

The year of the baptism of the first Christian king of the Franks.

What is 496 AD?

100

This emperor started the Roman persecution of Christians.

Who is Nero?

200

The English king who conquered Wales and Scotland (though Scotland later broke away).

Who is Edward I Longshanks?

200

The year Alaric and the Visigoths sacked Rome.

What is 410 AD?

200

This steppe tribe pushed other tribes into the Roman Empire and was defeated at the Battle of Chalons.

Who are the Huns?

200

The French king who led the Third Crusade.

Who is Philip II?

200

This emperor is best known today for his philosophy.

Who is Marcus Aurelius?

300

The English king who led the Third Crusade.

Who is Richard I "Lionheart?"

300

The year Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

What is 800 AD?

300

This tribe settled in the modern day country of France.

Who are the Franks?

300

The French king whose marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine was annulled.

Who is Louis VII?

300

This emperor put a decisive end to the Roman persecution of Christians by making Christianity the favored religion in the Empire. 

Who is Constantine?

400

The English king who signed Magna Carta.

Who is John?

400

The year the Normans conquered England.

What is 1066 AD?

400

This remarkably violent tribe settled in North Africa and sacked Rome.

Who are the Vandals?

400

The name of the first Christian king of the Franks.

Who is Clovis?

400

This is the last Roman Emperor.

Who is Romulus Augustus?

500

The English king who struggled for power with Simon de Montfort.

Who is Henry III?

500

The date King John signed Magna Carta at Runnymede.

What is 1215?

500

Along with the Anglo-Saxons, this tribe invaded Britannia.

Who are the Jutes?

500

The dynasty of the first Christian king of the Franks.

Who are the Merovingians?

500

This emperor died at the Battle of Adrianople.

Who is Valens?

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