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The Burgundians cross the Rhine and settle round Worms, before moving south to the Savoy region
Prompted by the fall of Rome to the Visigoths, St Augustine undertakes a great work of Christian philosophy, the City of God
The Visigoths, after twenty years of destructive wandering, settle in southwest France as Roman federates
Halted by a Roman army in their push southwards, the Franks settle in the Roman province of Belgica, around Tournai
Gaiseric captures Carthage and makes it his base for Vandal raids across the Mediterranean
Attila and the Huns invade Gaul but are defeated, somewhere near Troyes, by a Roman army supported by Visigoths and Burgundians
Attila invades and ravages northern Italy, but turns back before reaching Rome - possibly influenced by the diplomacy of Leo I
The tribal leader and mercenary Odoacer becomes king of Italy - an event often taken as defining the end of the Roman empire in the west
The Slavs cross the Danube and press southwards into the Roman provinces of Moesia and Thracia
The codification of Roman law, ordered by Justinian, is completed
The word filioque ('and from the Son') becomes a major bone of contention between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
The king of Northumbria summons a synod at Whitby to hear the arguments of Roman and Celtic Christians, then opts for Rome
Charles Martel dies and leaves the Frankish kingdoms to his two sons, Carloman and Pepin III
Muscat and Oman establish a tradition of spiritual rule by elected imams
Pope Stephen II anoints Pepin III and his two sons (one of them Charlemagne) in the abbey church of St Denis
On the death of Pepin III, the empire of the Franks is divided between his two sons - Charlemagne and his younger brother, Carloman
On the death of his brother, Charlemagne inherits the entire kingdom of the Franks
The style of architecture of early medieval Europe is Romanesque, in the sense of deriving from Roman examples
The script known as Carolingian minuscule (basis of the modern roman typeface) is developed by Alcuin and his scribes at the monastery of Tours
In St Peter's in Rome, on Christmas Day, pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor - supposedly to Charlemagne's surprise
Pope Leo III consecrates Charlemagne's new palace chapel in Aachen, modelled on San Vitale in Ravenna
The missionary brothers Cyril and Methodius arrive in Moravia, where they introduce the Greek Orthodox faith in a special Slavonic liturgy
The imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII in St Peter's puts in place the formal role of a Holy Roman emperor
Mieszko, pagan chieftain of the Poles, marries a Christian Czech princess and brings all his people into the Roman Catholic fold
