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The central figure in the Christian religion. Crucified in Jerusalem around 30CE, he was known for his many miracles and teachings which condemned the rich and powerful.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
Who was Alaric?
This monk founded the monastery of Monte Casino where he composed one of the most famous set of rules for cenobitic monks. His Rule was later standardized during the Carolingian Renaissance as the official monastic order of the Roman church.
Who was St. Benedict?
This city state in Arabia became famous as the birthplace of Muhammad. It is the site of one of the largest religious pilgrimages in the world.
What is Mecca?
The first Christian Roman Emperor, victor of the Battle of Milvian Bridge, author of the Edict of Milan, and founder of the city of Constantinople.
Who was Constantine?
The apostle to the gentiles who wrote a number of letters to early churches which were preserved in the Christian New Testament.
Who was St. Paul?
This feared nomadic empire migrated into Western Europe from central Asia. They displaced many germanic tribes, and posed a major threat to the late Western Roman Empire.
Who were the Huns?
This Desert Father pursued a life of asceticism for 20 years, living alone in a cave in Egypt. There, he is said to have fought demons, resisting many temptations, while remaining physically unchanged.
Who was St. Antony?
This book of prophecy, poetically written in Arabic by Muhammad, is the central holy book for the religion of Islam.
What is the Quran?
The first Holy Roman Emperor. This King of the Franks expanded his father's kingdom in all directions, inspired his own Renaissance, and defined much of what is culturally and politically known as Europe today.
Who was Charlemagne?
This Latin Father responsible for composing the Latin Vulgate, which became the official translation of the Bible for the Roman Catholic Church for much of history.
Who was St. Jerome?
The various germanic tribes who migrated across the English Channel to settle in the fallen Roman province of Britannia. They would go on to establish seven kingdoms on the island, including Northumbria.
Who were the Anglo Saxons?
This curious ascetic decided to seek out isolation by living atop a pillar for several decades. He inspired an entire movement of monks seeking out the abandon ruins of pagan temples across the Mediterranean.
The nephew of Muhammad, and the first man to accept the teachings of Islam. He would go on to inspire the Shia sect of Islam.
Who was Ali?
The last pagan Roman Emperor. This successor to Constantine's line abandoned the Christianity of his predecessors and sought to restore the glory of the old gods of Rome.
Who was Julian the Apostate?
This Latin Father is responsible for championing the theological concept of Original Sin, arguing that all of humanity has inherited the sin of Adam, which can only be absolved through the sacrament of baptism.
Who was St. Augustine?
The battle won in Thrace by the Visigoths organized under their kings Fritigern and Aluvivus. The Eastern Roman Emperor Valens was defeated and killed.
What was the Battle of Adrianople?
This Greek ascetic founded one of the first Cenobitic orders, becoming the standard order for many Eastern Orthodox diocese.
Cited as "The first Muslim", she was Muhammad's first wife, and major supporter of the new religion.
Who was Kadijah?
The first king of the united Ostrogoths. He had spent time in Constantinople as a political hostage, before leading his people to settle in the recently fallen province of Italia.
Who was Theodoric?
This heretic argued that man was born without sin, and that one's fate was not predestined. Further, he argued that if an infant were to die, the soul would go a realm of bliss that was neither Paradise nor Hell.
The wandering germanic tribe from the North that migrated through central Europe into Spain before being displaced to North Africa where they took over Carthage, becoming notorious pirates on the Mediterranean Sea. They later lead a successful raid on the already weakened city of Rome.
Who were the Vandals?
This Pope began his career as a monk. He would go on to be one of the most influential bishops of Rome, founding his own monastic order, inspiring a movement of monastic music, and authoring Pastoral Care, a handbook that would be used by bishops all over the world.
Who was Gregory the Great?
Muhammad's father-in-law, who was elected as the first Caliph after the Prophet's death. He would go on to lead the unification of Arabia, and expansion into Egypt and Persia.
Who was Abu Bakr?
This emperor of the Western Roman Empire watched the city burn as it was sacked by the Visigoths. Unfortunately, his main concern at the time was his beloved rooster, Roma.
Who was Honorius?