Dates
The Roman Persecution of Christians begins.
What is 64 AD?
The first Roman Emperor.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
This tribe settled in modern day France.
What is the Franks?
This Charles was Holy Roman Emperor.
Who is Charlemagne (Charles the Great?)
This technology allowed Vikings to raid Europe effectively.
What is the longship?
The Roman Persecution ends.
What is 313 AD?
The battle that stopped Roman expansion into Germany.
What is the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest?
These tribes invaded Britannia.
What are the Angles, Saxons and Jutes?
This Charles won the Battle of Tours.
This is the region of Europe from which the Vikings came.
What is Scandinavia?
Islam begins with Muhammad's hijrah.
What is 622 AD?
The battle where the Visigoths killed emperor Valens in 378.
What is the Battle of Adrianople?
This tribe beat the Romans at Adrianople, sacked Rome, settled in Spain and were conquered by invading Muslims.
What are the Visigoths?
This was the first Carolingian king of the Franks.
Who is Pepin the Short?
This Charles gave the Vikings huge amounts of gold and silver to leave.
Who is Charles the Bald?
The Viking Age begins.
What is 793 AD?
One of the Good Emperors, also known for his philosophy.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
This tribe settled in North Africa and sacked Rome in 455. Their name still refers to needlessly violent people.
What are the Vandals?
This was the cultural rebirth under the Carolingians.
What is the Carolingian Renaissance?
This is the part of France given to Rollo the Viking.
What is Normandy?
Clovis is baptized a Christian.
What is 496 AD?
In 451, the last battle that the Roman army ever fought. The Romans teamed up with the Visigoths for this battle.
What is the Battle of Chalons?
This steppe tribe pushed German barbarians into the Roman Empire and fought a combined Roman and Visigoth army at the Battle of Chalons.
What are the Huns?
This was the position the Carolingians held before becoming kings of the Franks.
What is the Mayor of the Palace?
This is the site of the first major Viking raid in Europe.
What is Lindisfarne?