If you round up the date for the fall of the Roman Empire to 500 AD, then it’s really easy to memorize the dates for the Middle Ages: 500 AD to 1500 AD, an even thousand years. That means the Middle Ages went from the middle of the first millennium to the middle of the next. Get it? That’s why it’s the middle ages… That’s not really the reason for the name, but it will help the dates stick in your mind. So Rome fell, ancient history closed, and the Middle Ages began.
