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The German Cultural Heritage

The End of the Roman Empire

Please start with: Sound file Nr. 1. You will be given further directions from within the file.

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Sound Files:

1. Sound File Nr. 1 (350 through the Kingship of Attila) (12 mins.) (mp3)

2. Sound File Nr. 2 (Attila through the End of the Roman Empire) (7 mins.) (mp3)

350 Huns invade Persia and India

355 Cologne and other cities on the Rhine destroyed by the Franks

370 Huns arrive in Europe

378 Empire of the Goths destroyed by the Huns

395 Capital of the West moved from Trier to Milan

398 Alaric becomes king of the Visigoths

400 Visigoths attack Italy

405 Romans abandon defense of the Rhine. Visigoths attack Italy

406 Burgundians found an empire with the capitol at Worms

409 Romans abandon Britain

410 Visigoths plunder Rome

411 Franks plunder Trier

433 Attila becomes the leader of the Huns

437 Huns destroy the Burgundian Empire

449 Angles and Saxons land in England

450 Cologne gains independence from the Roman Empire after conquest by the Franks.

451 Huns are defeated in Gaul

452 Huns attack Italy

453 Attila dies

470 Huns leave Europe

471 Theoderich becomes the king of the Visigoths in Italy

476 Germanic king Ottokar conquers Rome--End of the Roman Empire in the West