History of the Byzantines

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  • Period: 300 to Feb 8, 1500

    Timeline Span

  • 330

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital
    Byzantium took up the name Constantinople after it was re founded under the roman emperor Constantine the first who changed the roman empire from rome to Byzantium.
  • 532

    Nika Revolt

    Nika Revolt
    started after a charriot race against blue and green where they were convicted of murder and arrested during the clashes. many were hanged, but some escaped. all of the people got mad and started raging and starting fires, so justinian had to lock himself in hs palace.
  • 533

    General Belisarius military campains

    General Belisarius military campains
    Belisarius gains the possision of general from Justinian and he quickly conquers a place in north africa. eventually he conquers Sicily, then Naples.
  • 537

    Hagia Sophia completed

    Hagia Sophia completed
    Very large dome with multiple domes surrounding it. created with elaborate artichecture, and marvelous work on the inside filled with marble.
  • Feb 9, 637

    early islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    early islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
    the arabs were outnumbered, but they took victory over the Byzantines. Byzantines lost control of Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
  • Feb 9, 997

    Emperor Basil II military conquest of bulgiria

    Emperor Basil II military conquest of bulgiria
    battle of spercheios gave the bulgirians such a bed defeat that they only escaped playing dead by the bulgirian corpses. He knew he would have to fight back.
  • Feb 9, 1054

    Great schism

    Great schism
    the split between the Eastern church and the western church.
  • Feb 9, 1093

    Emporer Alexios I contacts pope Urban II for military help in middle east

    Emporer Alexios I contacts pope Urban II for military help in middle east
    Alexios sent a letter to the pope to get military help to defeat the Selij Turks in the Middle East. although the pope shouldn't have cared about the letter, he got it and read about the terrible things the Turks had supposedly done. Alexios only wanted the troops to keep peace in his empire. Alexios convinced the pope to send troops, and they were received in 1096.
  • Feb 7, 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    Pope Innocent II called for another crusade so he could take control of Jerusalem. so instead of attacking from the north, they sailed to the south and attacked there. they tried to cross, but they had no money to pay for the boats, so the Venetians told them to help fight a battle and they wouldnt owe anything.
  • Feb 9, 1453

    Fall of constantipole to the Ottoman Turks

    Fall of constantipole to the Ottoman Turks
    The ottomans outnumbered the Constantinople who were defending their city