What events mark the beginning of thd middle ages?

Answer 1

Many historians date the beginning of the Middle Ages to the Fall of Rome in 476 AD.

There are a few problems with the date 476.

First of all, some historians date the beginning of the Middle Ages to the year 1000 AD, 1066 AD, or some other date in the 10th or 11th century; these people refer to the period of 476 to 1000 as the Dark Ages.

The next problem is that Rome did not fall in 476. What did happen was a bit more complicated than a simple fall of a government. The Senate, for example, continued to function in Italy until the 7th century, and the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which we now call the Byzantine Empire, continued to exist for nearly another thousand years.

Finally, a number of dates are used for the start of the Middle Ages, including 380, 410, 476, 480, 498, 500, and 518, along with a number of other dates. The different dates are used according to one reason or another. For example, the year 380 is used because it is the date Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire; 518 is used by people who mark the Middle Ages as starting with the reign of the Roman Emperor Justin I.

Answer 2

One answer:

The fall of the Roman empire in 410 AD.

A different Answer:

The territory of the West Roman Empire was taken over as a series of Germanic kingdoms were set up in its provinces. This process, which began in about 350 and ended in about 610, caused the collapse of Roman authority referred to as the fall of the Roman Empire, or more correctly, of West Roman Empire.

Most historians giving a year for the fall of the Roman Empire use 476 AD, and use that for the beginning of the Middle Ages. (The city of Rome was sacked in 410 by Visigoths, but they left after three days, and the government, which was in Ravenna, the capital at the time, continued to operate.)

But the empire also did not simply fall in 476. The Senate of the West Roman Empire continued to function at least until 603, and in fact the Byzantine Empire, which was the medieval continuation of the Roman Empire, continued to operate with a government in Constantinople almost for another thousand years. (The Byzantine Empire was always referred to as the Roman Empire until the term Byzantine Empire was invented for it in the 16th century to distinguish it from the ancient Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire).

There is a link below to an article on the decline of the Roman Empire.

Answer 3

oh i know! its when Romans like freakin died and got wiped out, and yea thas pretty much it!