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330
Emperor Constantine founded the Byzantine Capitol
The Byzantine capitol was founded in 330 A.D. It was the largest and richest urban center in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea for its time. Traded with many other ancient tribes for goods, crops, and building materials. Declined eventually due to plague's which claimed many lives and caused people to move out and join other ciies or even civilizations. -
532
Nika revolt
The Nika Revolt took place over a week of pure rioting in Constantinople. It is the most dangerous riot to ever happen in Constantinople in its time of activity. It burned over half the city, and killed tens of thousands of people. -
533
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
General Belsarius started his campaigns in 533 A.D. He was considered the best general after Caesar for winning so many battles with such limited resources. He campaigned for three years non-stop to win peoples attention and proved to be a great general. He eventually died in a batlle in a city called Chalcedon. -
537
Hagia Sophia completed
The construction began in 532 to build the Hagia Sophia. The building was built out of the fact of the Nika riots and is a symbol of that. Six years later the building is finished and in use in the year 537. -
May 31, 622
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
The attacks started in 622A.D. They eventually beat the Byzantines in the battle of Yurmuk and then take over Jersualem. This eventually led to the decline of the Byzantine's over time. -
Sep 24, 1054
The Great Schism
The Great Schism is basically the break in communication with the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox. And the problem with that is either churches were to change to one of those two religeons or simply just close down entirely. And it started splitting Byzantine into two teams for say. -
Jan 5, 1095
Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II for military help in Middle East
The middle east was getting attacked by other groups and they were basically out numbered. They needed enforcement's to defend there land and then they did get attacked and won. -
Sep 22, 1202
The Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade was originally an armed expedition to conquer muslim lead Jerusalem by means of attack or invasion through and throughout Egypt. However on there way to Jerusalem, most of the crusader leaders made an agreement with the Byzantine Prince (Alexios Angelos) to change directions and attack the city Constantinople(the Byzantine Empire). In the end after many fights, the men got to the glory land. But only about a tenth of the men actually lived and saw it. -
Sep 22, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (official end to Byzantines)
The fall of the Byzantine empire was basically through warfare. They had so much land at the beginning and a strong military force but what happened was to defend all of that land they had to stretch that military out. And what happened was all those lands got conquered by other groups with larger numbers and basically ran there military down to a little tiny area of land left in the empire. -
Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria
Just like the Islamic campaign's the military conquests to Bulgaria they conquered parts of Byzantine. This also led to the decline of the Byzantine territory.
