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500 BCE
500 BC-0
In 496 Byzantium participates in the Ionian Revolt against the persian rule and gain freedom temporairly. The persians, then go on to destroy the city of greece.
479- Sparta begins to rebuild, City is fought over by Athens and Sparta
478-Byzantium is under the power of athens.
340- Philip II of Macedonia lays siege to the city of Byzantium
336- Byzantium is under the control of Alexander the Great.
279-War between Byzantium and Rhodes break out and the city is now behind controlled by rome. -
196
0-500 CE
196- City is captued bt Roman emperor Severus
293- Empire is split between Rome(west) and Byzantium(east)
330- Roman Empire of east is defeated by Roman emperor of West
330- Byzantium changes its name to Constantinople
337-Emperor Constatine dies and the Roman empire is divide among is 3 sons
476-Constantinople is considered capital of Byzantium empire after rome falls. -
500
500 CE- 1000 CE
527-Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
565-City increasingly Greek in nature.
650-By this year most of the empire is of Greek background.Greek culture is heavily influential in the Byzantine empire.
726-Emperor Leo III outlaws the use of icons in Christianty, beginning the Ionoclastic Controversy that lasts for years. -
1000
1000 CE - 1500 CE
1054- Break between Rome and Constantinople
1204- Crusaders take over and destroy Constantinople
1261- Byzantines under the leadership of Micheal VIII reclaims Constantinople from the Crusaders
1453-Constantinople is taken over by the Ottoman Turks marking the end of the Byzantine empire
1480-The turks change the citys name from Constantinople to Istanbul
