History of the Byzantines

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  • 330

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital
    Emperor Constantine founded Byzantine, he made Byzantine into the capital of the Roman Empire. He re-named it Constantinople. He legalized Christianity, which was taken out of the Roman Empire. Constantinopal became the biggest city and a major commercial center.
  • Period: 330 to Jan 1, 1453

    330 AD to 1453 AD

  • 527

    Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantines

    Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantines
    Justinian was adopted by his uncle Justin I and made co-Emperor. Justin I died a year later making Justinian Emperor in 527 AD . He created a set of laws called the Justinian Code or Codex Justinianus. Him and his wife Theodora are the most famous couple in Byzantine history, because they shared almost equal ruling of the Empire.
  • 533

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns
  • 537

    Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia
    The Hagia Sophia was a church in Constantinopal. It served as the cathedra or bishop's seat, of the city. It was originally called Megale Ekklesia (Great Church). Its weight was carried by four arches, which lays on typanas and semi domes, which rest on smaller semi domes and arcades. The central dome was known as the dome of heaven. The church represented triumph to Justinian and Christianity.
  • Jan 1, 600

    Islamic Conquests Parts of the Byzantine Territory

    Islamic Conquests Parts of the Byzantine Territory
  • Jan 1, 1025

    Emperor Basil II military conquests up to the year 1025

    Emperor Basil II military conquests up to the year 1025
    He campaigned every year up to the year 1014 when the Bulgarians got defeated.
  • Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

    Great Schism
    A religious fight between the Pope Leo IX and the Patriarch Michael I, the Christian religion splits in half. The two religions are now known as Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox.
  • Jan 1, 1095

    Emperor Alexios I and Pope Urban II

    Emperor Alexios I and Pope Urban II
    Emperor Alexius requested their help against the Turks. The Pope's response was to preach the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. It was meant for the French saying they are encouraged to fight unless they were from Spain.
  • Jan 1, 1204

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    An army of land and naval forces of about 20,000 men took a city of about 350,000 people. The crusader captured Constantinople in 1203 and put Alexius IV on the throne. In 1204 Murzuphlus seized the throne and ordered that the crusaders leave. They responded to his request by conquering Constantinople, but this time to ruin it.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    End of the Byzantines

    End of the Byzantines
    Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and the Byzantine Empire came to an end. Constantinople was transformed into the Islamic city of Istanbul. The empire also faced gradual decline.