The Later Roman Empire

• 285: The Emperor Diocletian Divides the Roman Empire
• 306-337: The Emperor Constantine
  • 312: The Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity
    • The Edict of Milan grants legal rights to Christians
  • 325: The Council of Nicea
  • 330: Constantine declares Constantinople capital of a Christian Empire.
• 361-363: Julian the Apostate
• 379-395: Theodosius
  • 378: Battle of Adrianople
• 395: Final division into an Eastern and a Western Empire

Primary Sources

• Eusebius: Life of Constantine

Secondary Sources

The Roman Empire in the East

The History of the Eastern Roman Empire is continued in the "Byzantine Empire" Chronology

The Roman Empire in the West

• 372: Attila the Hun defeats the Visigoths
• 406: Thousands of Germans cross the Rhine into the Roman Empire
• 410: Rome is sacked by the Visigoths
• 354-430: St. Augustine of Hippo
• 450: Anglo-Saxons invade England
• 455: Rome is sacked by the Vandals.
• 476: Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the West is deposed.

The History of the Western portion of the Roman Empire is continued in the "Western Europe" Chronology