| 22 | ca. 48 |
| Sassanid dynasty | Reign of Clovis |
| 325 | 52 |
| Nicene Creed produced | Reign of Justinian |
| 34 | 529 |
| Life of Saint Jerome | Writing of The Rule of Saint Benedict |
| 35 | 53 |
| Life of Saint Augustine | Byzantines reconquer and rule Italy |
| 380 | 73 |
| Theodosius makes Christianity official religion of Roman Empire | Iconoclastic controversy |
| ca. 38 | 76 |
| Life of Saint Patrick | Reign of Charlemagne |
| 476 | 843 |
| Odoacer deposes the last Roman emperor in the West | Treaty of Verdun divides Carolingian kingdom |