406 The Vandals and Alans settle in Gaul.

  408 Alaric, king of the Goths, besieges Rome.

  410 Rome taken and plundered by the Goths.

  412 Beginning of the Vandal kingdom in Spain.

415 Commencement of the kingdom of the Visigoths.

423 Death of Honorius.  Accession of Valentinian.

430 The Vandals invited to Africa by count Boniface.

447 The Huns under the guidance of Attila, ravage Europe.

449 The Britons, deserted by the Romans, invite the Sarons and Angles
to their assistance.

455 Rome taken and plundered by Genseric, the king of the African
Vandals.

476 Augustulus, the last emperor of the West deposed, Odoacer takes
the title of king of Italy.

453 Subversion of the Eastern empire.

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