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| 410 |
| | | Alaric and the Visigoths enter Rome and plunder the city - the first foreign intruders for eight centuries | |
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| c. 413 |
| | | Prompted by the fall of Rome to the Visigoths, St Augustine undertakes a great work of Christian philosophy, the City of God | |
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| 452 |
| | | Attila invades and ravages northern Italy, but turns back before reaching Rome - possibly influenced by the diplomacy of Leo I | |
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| 455 |
| | | Gaiseric and the Vandals enter Rome and sack the city, but their violence is perhaps restrained by Leo I | |
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| 592 |
| | | Pope Gregory I negotiates with the Lombards who are threatening Rome | |
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| 597 |
| | | Augustine, arriving with a party of monks from Rome, reaches Canterbury and is well received by the pagan king of Kent | |
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| 664 |
| | | The king of Northumbria summons a synod at Whitby to hear the arguments of Roman and Celtic Christians, then opts for Rome | |
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| 756 |
| | | Pepin III, after recovering Byzantine territories in Italy from the Lombards, hands control of the region to the pope in Rome | |
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| 800 |
| | | In St Peter's in Rome, on Christmas Day, pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor - supposedly to Charlemagne's surprise | |
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| 975 |
| | | The Hungarian king Gezá and his family are baptized as Roman Catholics, beginning a long link between Hungary and Rome | |
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