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THE BARBARIANS
A chronicle of the Europe invasions and the fall of Rome
The first series of Europe invasions begun on the 5th century when tribes of germanic origin launched invasions to the Roman Empire lands. But this attack wasn't spontaneous but due to the pressure of the Huns that where moving from central Asia to Europe, taking the lands of the germanic tribes. Finally the Huns invaded the Roman Empire, but where defeated in the battle of Campos Catalaunicos with the aid of the Visigoths. Rome in the next years suffered the attack of many barbarian tribes, but it wasn't prepared like in the past to resist. In the 5th century Rome was in the middle of an economic, social and political crisis.
Chronology of the 5th century invasions
401: Alaric king of the visigoths penetrates in Italy
405: The Ostrogoths and other german tribes cross the Danube and the Alps heading to Italy but they where destroyed by the romans near Florence
406: Menaced by the Huns, the Vandals, suaves, burgundies and Alans cross the Rhine river
408: The Visigoths penetrate in Italy, where they siege the emperor in Ravenna
409: Suaves, Vandals and Alans invade Spain
410: The Visigoths with help of some ostrogoths sack Rome
411: The Visigoths march through France
412: The Visigoths Settle in southern France
415: The Visigoths conquer Aquitania
422: The Vandals march to southern Spain
428: The Vandals march to North Africa to aid its governor
431: The Vandals conquer North Africa
435: The romans sign a treaty with the Vandals accepting them as federated in North Africa
436: Aecio organizes the Gaul establishing the French in the north, the Alamans in the south and the Burgundies in the lands surrounding the Rhode river
439: The romans leave Britain. The Vandals rebel and take Carthage
451: The Huns invade Gaul but are defeated in Campos Catalaunicos
452: The Huns regroup and invade Italy but the pope convinced them not to sack Rome
455: The Vandals attack Sicily and other isles, and sack Rome
461: The Visigoths establish their hegemony in the Gaul
465: Vandal rule in the Mediterranean they attack Greece, Epirus and Ilyria
471: Burgundy expansion
474: The Vandals sign a peace treaty
476: The germanic troops in Italy rebel and claim Odoacro as king of Italy. End of the western roman empire
The new invasions
After the invasions of the germanic peoples to the Roman Empire, a territorial fragmentation was produced, that finally ended with the consolidation of the Charlemagne empire on western Europe. But in the 9nth and 10nth century they suffered the continuous attacks of Vikings and Magyars, these where surprise attacks and the slow french armies couldn't face the threat. The local nobles begun to mobilize local militias to face the attacks, beginning with the fragmentation of the imperial authority.
Chronology of the 9nth and 10nth century invasions
Viking attacks:
793: Lindisfarne monastery destroyed
800: Conquer of the Orkney and Hebrides islands
810: Conquer of the Scotland coastal areas
823-833: Attacks to Ireland
834: Conquest of Ireland. Attacks on the Thames river and the english channel
834-836: Attacks on the Rhine and Escalda rivers
841: Penetration through the Seine river and destruction of Ruan
842: Quentovic sacked
843: Penetration through the Loire and destruction of Nantes
844: Expedition to northern Spain. Failed attacks to Lisbon and Seville
845: Paris burnt
851: Multiple attacks to England
852: The Danish Vikings expel the norwegians from Ireland
853-857: The cities on the Loire shores are sacked
856-857: New attacks to Paris
859: The Danish settle in the Rhode river and sack Arles, Nimes and Valence
866-878: Conquer of England
882: Invasion and sacking of Aquitania
885: Paris sieged. The siege is lifted due to the payment of tribute
896: The Danish settle in the Seine river mouth
911: The Danish occupation of Normandy is recognized.
Magyar attacks:
899: Expedition to Italy, the Po valley is sacked
905-906: Destruction of the kingdom of Moravia
906: Several attacks to Saxony
907: Campaigns in Bavaria
913: Invasion of Lorraine
915: Bands of warriors sack Suabia, Turingia and Saxony
917: Incursions to Alsace and Lorraine
919: Invasion of Saxony
921-924: Bands of warriors penetrate in Italy reaching the south of the peninsula
926-933: The Saxony and Bavaria kings pay tribute
934: Expedition to the Balkans
942-947: New attacks to Italy
943-950: Failed attacks to Bavaria
955: Final defeat of the magyars in the Lech battle
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