History of the Byzantines

Emperor Constantine 1 founded the Byzantine capital

330

Constantinople was founded by a roman emperor named Constantine and he gave it its name Constantinople. The city became known to be center of the Greek & Christian ideals.mit was a big wealthy city in its time but was then overtaken 800 years after it was built

General Belisarius Military Campaigns

530

Belisarius 1st battle was "battle of Dara". That battle was started by aka add 1 he was the emperor of Persia he wanted to make peace with Byzantines,he wanted Justin 1 to adopt his son but he said no along with his nephew (justinian 1). Justinian 1 had sent Sittas and Belisarius into Persianand were defeated. Justinian then tried to make peace but Kavadh sent troops to Dara. They kept sending more troops until Belsaurs defeated the Perasians. The battle lasted less than 1 year.

Nika Revolt

532

The rebellion in Constantinople caused many riots, but the Nika revolt was one of the most violent, half the city was burned down and destroyed. many were killed cause of it.

Haggis Sophia Completed

537

"Hagia Sophia" means "Holy Wisdom". It Was a church for Christians then later the Roman Catholic cathedral after the fourth crusaders. It was one of the major architectures in its time

Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

Sep 18, 750

Prophet Muhammad established a new United party in Arabian peninsula. It caused the Arabian conquest/ Islamic order to expand their territory and went into Byzantine territory.

Emperor Basil II military conquest of Bulgaria

Sep 18, 968

There was a series of conflicts between the Bulgaria and Byzantine emperor. It eventually led to the gradually conquest of Bulgaria. Emperor basil II ordered the Byzantine military to the gates of Trajan and retake north eastern Bulgaria.

Great Schism

Sep 18, 1054

Great schism was the split of western and eastern Christianity. The churches were permanently split due to different beliefs and many controversies. The western church became known as Eastern Orthodox Church

Emperor Alexis 1 contacts Pope Urban II for military help in the Middle East

Sep 18, 1095

Alexios had contacted Pope Urban ll to get people to go aganist the Muslims. Pope Uraban ll had done this by giving a speach to Christians to go against the Muslims and fight. Alexios had needed people for protection from the invasion by Selijuk Turks. When they were safe he sent the military to go capture the holy land in Jerusalem to free the western Christians. They didn't complete this until 1099, and that is when the first crusade ended.

Fourth Cursade (Attack on Constantinople)

Sep 18, 1202

In the Fourth Cursade the goal was for the Christians to win back the holy city of Jerusalem in Egypt, they had teamed up with Venice. Venice agreed to help as long as they helped them export more. The Christians never made it into Egypt instead they attacked Constantinople a wealthy Christian city. The Christians won the fourth crusade and Venice and Muslims backed out in 1204

Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman Turks

Sep 18, 1453

The Byzantine emperior was one of the strongest in military. They were battling many of their enemies, protecting themselves. Their capital Constantinople had captured many of groups attention especially the Ottoman Turks, not for the religion but for the gold. The Byzantines were slowly declining finically because of military disasters in their other cities. The Ottoman Turks invaded the captial and won since most of the military wasn't in Constantinople.