The middle ages 2000 The Roman Empire geographically established the original concept of a European boundary. With all of it's great achievements likee civil law, politics and literature, the collective willpower of the Roman Empire would eventually degrade over time and give way to new ideas andd influences. The empire of Rome did not fall- it fizzled. The Western Roman Empire gave way to the Middle Ages around 476, when the Barbarian,, Odoacer, overthrew the emperor Romulus …showed first 75 words of 2119 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2119 total…anarchy of the 3rd century). [2] Gregory I, B.C. 540-604, Rome; architect of the medieval papacy (reigned 590-604), Gregory The Great enters the church in 573 [3] A defined body of rights for public worship [4] Derived from the Latin word Carolus, or Charles [5] The name Merovingian derives from that of Merovech, of whom nothing is known except that he was the father of Childeric I, who ruled a tribe of Salian Franks from his capital at Tournai.