The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Rome
Also known as Roma, Eternal City, Papal Rome
- city
- Roman classical
The imperial capital on the Tiber, a city of seven hills crowded with forums, temples, palaces, and public monuments. Repeatedly occupied, sacked, and partly rebuilt, it remains the ancient and papal metropolis of the narrative.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Roman classical
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 1
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The imperial capital on the Tiber, a city of seven hills crowded with forums, temples, palaces, and public monuments. Repeatedly occupied, sacked, and partly rebuilt, it remains the ancient and papal metropolis of the narrative.
Key events
- Book 1
Ch. 86Conversion of ConstantineBefore the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE, Constantine experienced a vision of the cross and converted to Christianity, transforming the empire's relationship with the faith. - Book 1
Ch. 141Sack of Rome by AlaricIn 410 CE, the Visigothic king Alaric captured and sacked Rome, the first time the city had fallen to a foreign enemy in eight centuries, shocking the Roman world and symbolizing the empire's terminal decline. - Book 1
Ch. 156Vandal Sack of RomeIn 455 CE, Genseric's Vandals sailed from Carthage and sacked Rome for fourteen days, carrying off vast treasures including the spoils of Jerusalem and the empress Eudoxia. - Book 1
Ch. 179Justinian's Reconquest of the WestUnder Justinian I, the brilliant general Belisarius reconquered North Africa from the Vandals and much of Italy from the Ostrogoths, temporarily restoring Roman rule to the western Mediterranean. - Book 1
Ch. 220Establishment of the Papal StatesThrough the Donation of Pepin and subsequent grants, the popes acquired temporal sovereignty over central Italy, transforming the papacy into a political as well as spiritual power. - Book 1
Ch. 221Coronation of CharlemagneOn Christmas Day 800 CE, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans in St. Peter's Basilica, formally reviving the Western imperial title and asserting papal authority over imperial legitimacy. - Book 1
Ch. 269Great Schism of 1054The mutual excommunication of the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1054 formalized the schism between the Latin and Greek churches, dividing Christianity into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
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