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Events relating to rome
Attila invades and ravages northern Italy, but turns back before reaching Rome - possibly influenced by the diplomacy of Leo I
Gaiseric and the Vandals enter Rome and sack the city, but their violence is perhaps restrained by Leo I
Pope Gregory I negotiates with the Lombards who are threatening Rome
Augustine, arriving with a party of monks from Rome, reaches Canterbury and is well received by the pagan king of Kent
The king of Northumbria summons a synod at Whitby to hear the arguments of Roman and Celtic Christians, then opts for Rome
Pepin III, after recovering Byzantine territories in Italy from the Lombards, hands control of the region to the pope in Rome
In St Peter's in Rome, on Christmas Day, pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor - supposedly to Charlemagne's surprise
The imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII in St Peter's puts in place the formal role of a Holy Roman emperor
The Hungarian king Gezá and his family are baptized as Roman Catholics, beginning a long link between Hungary and Rome
Boniface VIII declares a Jubilee or Holy Year, with plenary indulgences for pilgrims who make their way to Rome
A laurel wreath is placed on the brow of Petrarch in Rome, in a renewal of interest in the classical world
Cola di Rienzo, appointed tribune of the people, enjoys a few months of dictatorial powers in Rome before the citizens tire of him
The papal curia returns to Rome in what would seem a conclusive move if there were not, two years later, two popes - one of them elected back in Avignon
Filippo Brunelleschi begins studying the ruins of classical Rome, with a view to rediscovering classical architecture
Jerome van Aken works almost exclusively in his native s' Hertogenbosch, from which he derives the name Hieronymus Bosch
With Constantinople in Turkish hands, Moscow begins to see itself as the centre of Orthodox Christianity - or the third Rome
Leonardo da Vinci begins an unprecedented series of detailed anatomical drawings, based on corpses dissected in Rome
Savonarola, the new prior of San Marco, is a stern critic of both the pope in Rome and the Medici in Florence
24-year-old Michelangelo provides for St Peter's in Rome an exquisite Pietà – the Virgin holding on her lap the dead Christ
Pope Julius II summons Michelangelo to Rome to create the pope's own elaborately sculpted tomb
Michelangelo begins work in Rome on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
Raphael is summoned to Rome by Julius II and is given a major commission for frescoes
Luther's writings are burnt in Rome by order of the pope
Pope Clement VII hides in Castel Sant'Angelo while Rome is sacked by German mercenaries
A performance in the Oratory in Rome, with music by Emilio de' Cavalieri, is in effect the first oratorio
