Oxford Summary Chart
for GBT III
| Historical Events | GBT III |
| c. 4 BC- Birth of Christ | |
| 14 AD- Death of Augustus Caesar | |
| c. 30 AD- Death/Resurrection of Christ | |
| 64 AD- Nero blames fire on Christians | |
| 79 AD- Mount Vesuvius erupts | |
| 303 AD- Persecution under Diocletion | |
| 313 AD- Constantine grants toleration | |
| 410 AD- Visigoths sack Rome | 354-430 AD- Augustine, Confessions, City of God |
| 550 AD- Justinian codifies Roman law | |
| 800 AD- Charlemagne crowned emperor | |
| 936 AD- Otto I founds the Holy Roman empire | |
| 1066 AD- Normans conquer Britain | c.1033-1109 AD- Anselm, Cur Deus Homo, Monologium, Proslogium, |
| 1162 AD- Thomas a Becket is made Archbishop of Canterbury by Henry II | |
| 1215 AD- Magna Carta signed by King John | 1225-1274 AD- Aquinas, Summa Theologica |
| 1291 AD- Crusades end with Muslim rout of Christians | 1265-1321 AD- Dante, The Divine Comedy |
| 1348-1351 AD- Black Plague kills more than 25 million | 1342-1400 AD- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales |
| 1453 AD- 100 Years' War ends; Renaissance begins | |
| 1454 AD- Gutenburg invents movable-type printing press | |
| 1492 AD- Columbus discovers West Indies | |
| 1517 AD- Martin Luther initiates the Reformation | 1469-1527 AD- Machiavelli, The Prince |
| 1522 AD- Magellan circumnavigates the world |