5th century

Events

• Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410.
• Attila the Hun conquers large parts of Europe, threatens to attack Rome in 452
• Vandals conquer Carthage in 439, sack Rome in 455
• At some point after 440, the Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain. The traditional story is that they were invited there by Vortigern.
• Last Roman ruler of Western Roman Empire leaves in 476. Europe enters into the middle ages
• Buddhism reaches Myanmar and Indonesia.
• According to the Book of Mormon, Moroni buries the Golden Plates and ends the record around 421.
• African and Indonesian settlers reach Madagascar.