Alaric & Atilla
What is Alaric/Visigoth's sack of Rome?
Widow of Valentinian who asked for Vadal aid.
Who is Eudoxia?
Year of the fall of Rome.
When is 476 A.D?
He established a monastery with vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Who is St. Benedict?
After receiving Divine aid in his fight against the Alemanni, Clovis was baptized in this year.
What is 496 A.D?
Roman general who was a major rival of Alaric.
Who was Stilicho?
The year in which Genseric led the Vandals to sack Rome.
When is 455 A.D.?
Barbarian responsible for the fall of Rome.
Who is Odoacer?
A Benedictine monk, he became pope and reorganized the Church.
Who is Gregory I?
She was the Christian wife of Clovis.
Who is Clotilde?
Who said, "Here I will perish in the flames, rather than surrender to my enemies?"
Who is Attila the Hun?
The Germanic people who settled in southern Spain and North Africa. They were know for destroying the cities they conquered and laying waste to the countryside.
Who were the Vandals?
The last Western Roman emperor.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
A way of life involving living in seclusion, under religious vows, and subject to a fixed rule. This word means "dwelling alone."
What is monasticisim?
He said, "A boy! A boy has come to fight me!"
Who is Syagrius?
A cowardly Roman emperor who was defeated by Alaric after he had Stilicho killed.
Who is Honorius?
He led a fleet of 1,000 ships against Genseric at Carthage, but fled when Genseric burned his fleet.
Who is Basilicus?
The last words of the quote by Theodoric, "There is the country which...."
What is, "shall be our home?"
The name of Benedict's monastery on a mountain south of Rome.
What is Monte Cassino?
The first dynasty of French kings, named after Clovis's grandfather.
What is Merovingian?
Alaric ordered his men to bury him in the bed of this river in the south of Italy.
What is the Busento?
After Genseric sacked Rome, this emperor attempted to gather a force in Spain to face Genseric.
Who is Majorian?
This unpopular Roman emperor tried to make a friend of Theodoric by giving him lands, then sent him against Odoacer.
Who is Emperor Zeno?
A plague had been ravaging Rome, so Gregory organized this through Rome to be for God's forgiveness.
What is the sevenfold procession?
During this battle against the Alemanni, Clovis prayed for Divine aid in exchange for following Christ.
What is the battle of Tolbiac?