But as the empire began its long decline—Rome would fall in the fifth century ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century monk from Colmar had ...

474-491), British classicist Crawford, a specialist in Late Antiquity, uses the life of the man to help examine the convoluted history of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century ... but very useful maps ...

Some Christians were arrested and put to death. At the beginning of the 5th century, the Roman Empire was starting to fall apart. It was constantly under attack from tribes from northern Europe.