554 CHRON 
4iA Rome taken and plundered by Alaric king of the Vifi- 
goths, Augult 2,4.. Servius the commentator on Virgil. 
411 Syheiius bifhop of Cyrene and platonic pliilofopher. 
412' The Vandals begin their kingdom in Spain, under 
Gunderic. St. Cyril bifhop of Alexandria. 
413 The kingdom of the Burgundians begins in Allace, 
under Gundicar. 
414 The Vifigoths begin the kingdom of Touloufe, under 
Wallia. 
416 Orofius, the hilforian, flourifhed. 
417 The Alans defeated and extirpated, by the Goths, 
which extends the kingdom of Touloufe into Spain. 
419 Socrates, the ecclefuiltical biftorian, furnamed the 
Scholalfic. 
420 The kingdom of the French begins upon the Lower 
Rhine, under Pliaramond. 
423 The weftern empire ufurped, by John, furnamed the 
Notary, aflilted by Caftinus, upon the death of Ho- 
norius, Augult 15, aged thirty-nine. 
425 Theodolius endeavours to relfore learning at Con- 
ftantinople, by eltablilhing public fchools, &c. 
426 The Romans leave Britain, and never return. The 
country is harraffed by petty tyrants for twenty years. 
427 The Romans recover Pannonia from the Huns, after 
fifty years poflefiion. The Vandals pafs into Africa in 
May. Zoiimus the hiftoiian. 
428 The French defeated by Aetius, furnamed defender 
of the empire. 
431 The third general council of Ephefus began, June 22, 
and continued till the end of July. Neliorius the 
heretic bifhop of Conftantinople. 
435 The Theodofian codex publilhed, February 15. 
439 Genferic takes Carthage, and begins the kingdom of 
the Vandals in Africa, upon the 19th of Odlober. So- 
zomeii the ecclefuiltical hilforian. 
445 Vortigern, firltking of Britain, after the Romans quit 
the illand. 
446 The Britons make their famous complaint to Aetius 
and the. Romans, againlt the incurfions of the Scots 
and Pi£ts. 
447 Attila, with his Huns, ravage all Europe; furnamed 
the Scourge of God. 
4 r9 The Saxons firlt come into Britain, being invited by 
Vortigern. 
450 Theodolius II. dies July 29, aged forty-nine, having 
reigned forty-two years; is fucceeded by Marcianus. 
451 The fourth general council of Chalcedon, began Oc¬ 
tober 8, and ended November 1. Attila defeated by 
Aetius, on the plain of Chalons. 
452 The city of Venice takes its rife about this time. 
455 Rome taken by Genferic, in July. The kingdom of 
'Kent begins. 
456 The Suevi defeated by Theodoric, in a great battle, 
on the river Ebro, on Friday, October 5 
4 57 Vortimer defeated by Hengift, in the batt le of Orayford 
in Kent. Marcianus dies about the end of January. 
463 Vi&orius of Aquitain invents the Palcal cycle, of 
532 years. 
466 Euaric, with his Goths, defeated in Gaul by Ecdicius. 
474 Leo I. dies in January, and Leo II. or junior, being 
an infant, dies in November. 
475 Hengift treacheroully maflacres 300 Britifli nobles, 
May 1. Zeno is dethroned by Bufilifcus, but reco¬ 
vers next year. 
476 The weftern empire finilhes, 523 years after the battle 
of Pharfaiia, by the defeat of Oreltes, Augult 23, 
when tire kingdom of Italy begins. Prince Arthur 
made patrician by Ambrofius, afterwards Britifli 
monarch; died 542, aged feventy. 
480 Great part of Conftantinople thrown down by an 
earthquake, which lafted forty days; the greatell 
Ihock was felt on September 24. 
485 The battle of Soiffons, gained by Clovis againft 
Siagrius the Roman general in Gaul. 
487 A famous victory gained by the Britons, under Am¬ 
brofius and Prince Arthur, over Ella and the Saxons. 
O G Y. [After Christ. 
Theodoric with his Cftrogoths, leaving Maefia in 
winter, enters Italy and defeats Odoacer at the river 
Sontium, March 28 ; a fecund time at Verona, and 
a third at Abdua. 
Ella founds the fecond Saxon kingdom of SulTex, 
including that county and Suriy. Zeno, being fcized 
with an epilepfy, is buried alive, April 6. 
The kingdom of Italy pafies from the Heruli to the 
Oftrogoths, by the taking of Ravenna, February 27, 
after a liege of near three years. 
Clovis baptized, and Chriltianity embraced in France. 
Of the Julian period 5214. 
Gondebaud publilhes his laws of the Burgundians, 
called La Loy Gombctie. 
Anaftafius’s army cut to pieces by Cabades. 
CelerdefeatsCabadesand putsanend tothePerlian war. 
Anien, chancellor of Alaric, reforms the Theodofian 
codex, and publilhes it at Aire in Gafcony, Feb. 2. 
The battle of Vouille, near Poitiers, where Alaric is 
defeated and killed by Clovis. 
Paris is made the capital of the. French dominions. 
Prince Arthur defeats the Saxons in the famous 
battle of Badon-hill, or Bath. 
Boetius the philofopher flourillied ; died 524. 
Conflantinople befieged by Vitalianus, whofe fleet is 
burnt, by a fpeculum of brals, by Proclus. 
The computing of time by the Chriflian era is in¬ 
troduced by Dionyflus. 
Prince Arthur defeated at Charford by Cerdic, who 
begins the third Saxon kingdom of Weflex 
Thrafamond king of the Vandals, defeated and killed 
. by the Moors. 
The battle of Voiron, in which Clodomir king of 
Orleans is killed by Gondomar. Prilcian the gram¬ 
marian. 
Erchenwin founds the fourth Saxon kingdom of Eflex. 
The codex of Juftinian is publilhed, April 16. The 
Perfian war begun, by Belifarius. Tribonianus the 
famous lawyer. 
Kingdom of Burgundy conquered by Childebert and 
Clotaire. An infurreftion at Conftantinople, in 
which 30,000 are killed in one day. Cofrees II. the 
great king of Perlia ; dies 585. 
The digeii: of Juftinian is publilhed, December 30. 
Kingdom of the Vandals finilhed by Belifarius, who 
took Carthage about the end of the year. Procopius 
the hilforian and lecietary to Belifarius. 
Rome taken by Belifarius, December 10. Belifarius 
difgraced in 561 ; dies in 565. 
Count Marcellinus, the chronologer, flourilhed at 
this time. 
Theodebert, king of Metz, enters Italy and takes 
the camps both of the Romans and Goths in one day. 
Vitiges taken prifoner by Belifarius in Ravenna. 
The confullhip of Balilius., being the lalt at Rome. 
Prince Arthur and Modred are killed in the fame 
battle in Cornwall. 
A great plague, which came from Africa, and defolated 
Alia and Europe. 
Rome taken by Tctila, and pillaged in a barbarous 
manner. 
Ida founds the fifth Saxon kingdom of Northum¬ 
berland. 
The manufafture of lilk introduced into Europe 
from India, by fome monks. 
The fifth general council, or fecond of Conftanti¬ 
nople, began May 4. Totila is defeated and killed in 
Tufcany, by Narfes, in the end of July. 
Teia is defeated and killed at Cumae by Narfes, in 
February, who thus finilhed the Oftrogoths in Italy. 
Gildas, furnamed the Wile, the Britifli hilforian, lived 
at this time ; died in 570. 
A terrible plague all over Europe, Afia and Africa, 
which continues near fifty years. 
Chiamncs, rebelling againlt his father Clotaire, is 
defeated, and burnt alive in a cottage. 
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