Other Considerations

410 to 419 AD
The Visigothic king Alaric invades and sacks Rome if 410

Hypatia, Greek mathematician and philosopher, d Alexandria, 415; she was murdered by a band of monks for teaching pagan ideas

470 to 479 AD
The Roman empire, long in decline, ends completely in 476 when the German invaders elect one of their own generals to replace the ruling emperor and to reign as king of the Germans in Italy.

480 to 489 AD
Philosopher Boethius (Aniclus Manlius Severinus) b Rome, 480; although best known for his "On the consolation of philosophy," he also translates Aristotle into Latin, making Aristotle the only source of Greek thought during the Middle Ages.