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330
Constantinople becomes the capital
The Roman leader, Constantine moves and finds the new capital of the Roman Empire on the ancient site of the city Byzantium. He changes the name to Constantinople. -
395
The Empire splits in half
After Emperor Theodosius dies, The Byzantine permanently divides in half. It had Eastern and western kingdoms. The Eastern Roman Empire was based on Constantinople and the Western Roman Empire was based on Rome. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves in the Roman Empire. -
476
The rise of the Eastern Empire
The western Empire falls. The Roman Empire gets destroyed and the Eastern Empire survives and now gets labeled as the Byzantine Empire. -
527
Justinian gets crowned Emperor
Justinian gets crowned as Emperor in 527 and he ruled until his death in 565. He was the first great ruler of the Byzantine Empire. He showed a lot of energy and accomplished a lot. He quickly expanded the Empire. -
568
Lost battles
After a battle with the lambords, The Byzantine empire loses most of their lands in Italy. Many battles followed over the years and they lost much more land in Africa -
1025
The empire falls apart
When the Emperor Basil II died he passed his kingdom a long. The next ruled didn’t do well and things began to fall apart. -
1081
Crusades
Alexios becomes the new Emperor. He takes his people into the crusades in Jerusalem. -
1204
Constantinople is captured
During the fourth crusade the capital city of Constantinople gets captured along with several other cities. -
1453
The end of the Byzantine Empire
The Ottomans attacked the city eventually gaining control of the city after two months of battle. The Byzantine Empire has finally fallen and Islam has spread further into the city. The city was now in Muslim control.
