TIMELINE OF THE LAST YEARS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- 285A.D: The Emperor Diocletian Divides the Roman Empire so it is
easier to govern. He then tries to destroy the Christians.
- 306-337: The Emperor Constantine rules.
- 312: The Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity
- He lived in the eastern side of the empire, and changed the name of the main city there, from Byzantium to Constantinople!
- 330:
Constantine declares Constantinople capital of a Christian
Empire.
- 395: Final division of the Roman Empire into two separate
Empires
-into an Eastern and a Western Empire -
The Roman Empire in the West
- 406: Thousands of Germans cross the Rhine River into the Roman Empire
- 410: Rome is sacked by the Visigoths
- 450: Anglo-Saxons invade England
- 476: Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the West is killed.
