730-752. Rome attacked by the Lombards
754. Her deliverance by Pepin
774. Conquest of Lombardy by Charlemagne
751. 753. 768. Pepin and Charlemagne, kings of France
Patricians of Rome
Donations of Pepin and Charlemagne to the popes
Forgery of the donation of Constantine
780. Restoration of images in the East by the empress Irene
787. VIIth general council, iid of Nice
842. Final establishment of images by the empress Theodora
794. Reluctance of the Franks and of Charlemagne
774-800. Final separation of the popes from the eastern empire
800. Coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of Rome and of the West
768-814. Reign and character of Charlemagne
888. Division of the empire
962. Otho, king of Germany, restores and appropriates the western
Transactions of the western and eastern empires