Byzantine empire

Byzantine Empire

  • 272

    Constantines life

    He was born Febuary 27, 272 CE. He died in May 22, 337 CE. He was son of Constantius. The first Christian emperor
  • Period: 306 to 337

    Constantine the great

  • 312

    Battle of Malvian Bridge

    Constantine meets Maxentius at the tiber river, After he defeats him in the Malvian Bridge, Constantine cuts his head off and parades it to the city
  • 313

    The Edict of Milan

    Constantine and LIcinius allied and created the agreemet in wich any religion is accepted
  • 347

    Theodosius Life

    Theodosius Life
    He was born on January 11,347. He died January 17, 395. Son of a general. He ruled eastern and weastern Rome
  • Period: 379 to 395

    Theodosius The Great

  • 382

    Gothic Wars

    The Goths and their allies entrenched in the provinces of Dacia and eastern Pannonia Inferior. His co-Emperor Gratian relinquished control of the Illyrian provinces and retired to Trier in Gaul
  • 387

    Civil Wars

    Theodosius needed to take Maximus out of the power so he fought with him and sucessfully defeated Maximus.
  • 483

    Justinans Life

    Justinans Life
    Born in 483 and died in 565. He married Theodora. Wrote the Justinian code.
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Justinian The Great

  • 532

    Nika Riots

    The Nika Riots started to protest because Justinian was raising taxes. To control the Nika Riots he sent then to the hippodrome to make a deal but instead he killed them.
  • 537

    Hagia Sophia

    He build the Hagia Sofia so people think nothing terrible happened after the Nika Riots. It was a Christian Chuerch build in 6 years.
  • 575

    Heraclius Life

    Heraclius Life
    Born in c.575 and died in 641. Married Fabia his nieece and Martha. He was a Christian
  • 610

    Phocas

    The empire was falling so he overthrew Phocas and ruled
  • Period: 610 to 641

    Heraclius

  • 620

    Introduced Greek

    He changed the language from Latin to Greek
  • 752

    Irene of Athens Life

    Irene of Athens Life
    Born in 752 and died in 803. The first empress in the Byzantiene Empire.
  • 780

    Co-Ruled

    For a time period she co-ruled with his son
  • 786

    End of iconoclasm

    Irene ended with iconoclasm, the complete destruction of religious images or paintings
  • 797

    Son Killed

    She send a blind man to kill his son
  • Period: 797 to 802

    Irene of Athens

  • 957

    Basil II Life

    Basil II Life
    Born 957/958 and died in 1025.
  • 960

    Constantine His brother

    He co-ruled with Constantine
  • Period: 976 to 1025

    Basil II

  • 978

    Zoe I Life

    Zoe I Life
    She was born on c.978 and died in 1050.
  • 980

    Theodoras Life

    Theodoras Life
    Born in c.980 and died 31 August 1056
  • 986

    Bulgaria

    Basil II took over Bulgaria after fighting for 25 years
  • Period: 1028 to 1050

    Zoe I

  • 1034

    Banished

    Zoe was banished to a monastery at the age of 56
  • 1042

    Co-emperess Theodora

    Zoe needed a co-ruler, and that was her sister Theodora. Theodora to became co-empress alongside her sister.
  • 1042

    Mosque

    Zoe turned the Hagis Sophia into a mosque.
  • Period: 1042 to 1056

    Theodora