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| 66 |
| | | Josephus is in Jerusalem at the start of the rebellion against the Romans, and will later describe its suppression in his Jewish War | |
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| c. 300 |
| | | Horses strong enough to carry men wearing armour are put to good use by northern barbarians, and by Romans in border regions such as Dacia | |
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| 407 |
| | | The Roman city of Nîmes is sacked by the Vandals, in an early indication of the gradual loss of Gaul to the Germanic tribes | |
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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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| 439 |
| | | Gaiseric captures Carthage and makes it his base for Vandal raids across the Mediterranean | |
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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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| 487 |
| | | Theodoric the Ostrogoth, threatening Constantinople, is cunningly diverted by the emperor into invading Italy | |
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| 493 |
| | | Theodoric wins Ravenna from Odoacer - by inviting Odoacer to a banquet and murdering him during the meal | |
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| c. 535 |
| | | Belisarius, conquering the Vandals in north Africa, pioneers the strategic concept of the castle | |
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