The Theodosian Code.
439 Vandals seize Carthage.
450 MARCIANUS eastern emperor.
451 Battle of the Mauriac Plains. Council of
Chalcedon.
453 Death of Attila.
454 Aetius assassinated. Ostrogoths settled in
Pannonia.
455 MAXIMUS western emperor. Vandals sack Rome.
455-456 AVITUS western emperor. Ricimer _magister
militum_.
457-474 LEO I eastern emperor.
457-461 MARJORIANUS western emperor.
461-465 SEVERUS western emperor.
465-467 No emperor in the West.
467-472 ANTHEMIUS western emperor.
472 OLYBRIUS western emperor. Death of Ricimer.
473-474 GLYCERUS western emperor. LEO II eastern
emperor.
474-475 (480) NEPOS western emperor.
474-491 ZENO eastern emperor.
475-476 ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS western emperor.
476 Odovacar king in Italy.
477 Death of Gaiseric.
486 Clovis conquers Syagrius and the Romans in
Gaul.
488 Theoderic and the Ostrogoths invade Italy.
491-518 ANASTASIUS eastern emperor.
493 Defeat and death of Odovacar.
506 _Lex Romana Visigothorum._
507 Clovis defeats the Visigoths.
518-527 JUSTINUS I eastern emperor.
526 Death of Theoderic.
527-565 JUSTINIANUS eastern emperor.
532 The "Nika" riot.
533-534 Reconquest of Africa.
534 Franks overthrow the Burgundian kingdom.
529-534 Publication of the _Corpus Iuris Civilis_.
535-554 Wars for the recovery of Italy.
554 Re-occupation of the coast of Spain.
565 Death of Justinian.

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