| Goths (From
Eastern Germany) |
| 220s |
The Huns moving to Russia pushed
Goths into movement toward the Black Sea. |
| 267 |
Goths overrun Greece. |
| 410 |
Eastern-moving Gothic tribes
(Visigoths) sack Rome and end the Roman Empire's
dominance. |
| 415 |
Visigoths have now moved through
lower France and are invading Spain, pushing the
Vandals out of Spain and into Northern Africa and
Sicily. |
| 489 |
Western Gothic tribes (Ostrogoths
) have settled around the Black Sea and now govern
Italy. |
| |
|
| Vandals (Also
an Eastern Germanic tribe) |
| 220s |
Huns moving in Russia push the
Vandals into movement into central Europe. |
| 429 |
They pass from Spain directly
into Northern Africa. They eventually settle
in the northern most coasts of Africa, the island
of Sicily and Southern Italy. |
| 711 |
Most of the Vandal people are
now Muslim. They push back into Spain and
are stopped from taking France by Charles Martel
(aka The Hammer) in 732. |
| |
|
| Huns (From
Central Asia — were nomadic horsemen) |
| 372 |
The Huns have continued their
movement out of Russia and are now invading Europe. |
| 451 |
Attila the Hun leads the invasion
into Gaul (France). |
| 452 |
Attila the Hun leads the invasion
into Italy. |
| 453 |
Attila the Hun dies and the
Hun invasion stops. |
| |
|
| Saxons
and Angles (Tribes from Germanic area) |
| 367 |
The Saxons and Anglo tribes
of Northern Germany invade Britain and continue
to do so for hundreds of years. At the same
time, the Picts of Scotland are also attacking
England from the North. |
| 446 |
What is left of the Roman armies
pull out of Britain and leave it to the invaders. |
| |
|
| Vikings (From
Scandinavia) |
| 793 |
The feared Vikings begin attacking
Britain. Their shallow long boats make it
possible for them to travel inland using rivers
— and their attacks are swift and fierce. |
| 866 |
Much of England is under Viking
rule and terror. |
| 990 |
Normandy (France) is under Viking
rule and terror. |
