The Bible of Amiens/Appendix I

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1861305The Bible of Amiens — Appendix I1884John Ruskin

APPENDIX I


CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS REFERRED TO IN THE 'BIBLE OF AMIENS.'

a.d   PAGE.
250. Rise of the Franks 53
301. St. Firmin comes to Amiens 7
332. St. Martin 23
345. St. Jerome born 116
350. First church at Amiens, over St. Firmin's grave 155
358. Franks defeated by Julian near Strasburg 116
405. St. Jerome's Bible 80
420. St. Jerome dies 116 seq
421. St. Genevieve born. Venice founded 43
445. Franks cross the Rhine and take Amiens 10
447. Merovée king at Amiens 11,12
451. Battle of Chalons. Attila defeated by Aētius 11
457. Merovée dies. Childeric king at Amiens 12
466. Clovis born 83
476. Roman Empire in Italy ended by Odoacer 12
481. Roman Empire ended in France 83
  Clovis crowned at Amiens 12,43
  St. Benedict born 43
485. Battle of Soissons. Clovis defeats Syagrius 83
486. Syagrius dies at the court of Alaric 83
489. Battle of Verona. Theodoric defeats Odoacer 87
493. Clovis marries Clotilda 87
496. Battle of Tolbiac. Clovis defeats the Alemanni 85
  Clovis crowned at Rheims by St. Rémy 14
  Clovis baptized by St. Rémy 20
508. Battle of Poitiers. Clovis defeats the Visigoths under Alaric. Death of Alaric 14