CHAPTER XL 



THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE GENERAL 



COUNCILS. 



CONSTANTINE JULIAN — GOTHS AND VANDALS 



MOHAMMED. 



A. D. 361-63. JULIAN, EMPEROR. 



395. DIVISION OF ROMAN EMPIRE INTO EAST 



AND WEST SECTIONS. 

 476. WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE FELL. 

 568. LOMBARDS INVADE ITALY. 

 596. AUGUSTINE, THE MONK, SENT TO ENG- 

 LAND. 

 639. MOHAMMEDANS IN PALESTINE. 



Over three hundred years elapsed from the time 

 of the holding of the first council at Nice to that of 

 the last at Constantinople. (325-680.) It is 

 difficult to compress into few words the many im- 

 portant events of these three centuries, or even to 

 call attention to the many great landmarks of their 

 history. A few only will therefore be selected. We 

 have seen that the closing work of Constantine was 

 the founding of the Christian city, Constantinople. 

 It seemed that the Christian religion was now firmly 



