- — Europe:
End of Roman Britain
Roman authority was effectively withdrawn from Britain around 410, after which the former province fragmented and Germanic-speaking peoples gradually settled across what became England.
Era: Roman Britain and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
Sources: Roman Britain · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — North America:
Dynasty of sixteen kings
A line of at least sixteen rulers governs Copán, raising temples, stelae, and the Hieroglyphic Stairway during the city's Classic-period height.
Era: Copán and the First Peoples
Sources: Copán · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hieroglyphic Stairway · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Asia:
End of the Armenian monarchy
The Sasanian Persians abolished the Arsacid kingdom of Armenia and ruled the territory through appointed officials, ending the ancient Armenian monarchy.
Era: Urartu and the Armenian Kingdom
Sources: Armenia — Caucasus, Soviet Union, Genocide (Modern Armenia) · Encyclopædia Britannica
- — Europe:
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Germanic leader Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus, traditionally regarded as the last Western Roman emperor, ending Roman imperial rule in Italy.
Era: The Roman Republic and Empire
Sources: Ancient Rome · World History Encyclopedia, Italy (country overview and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Politics & PowerThe 5th century
Politics & Power in the 5th century
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime, narrowed to the 5th century — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 410 to 476. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 4
- Nations
- 4
- Earliest
- 410
- Latest
- 476
- Europe
- 2
- Asia
- 1
- North America
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.