Topic 8 Timeline

  • 44 BCE

    The assassination of Julius Caesar

  • 27 BCE

    Augustus became the first Roman Emperor.

  • 11 BCE

    Augustus married Julia to his general and stepson Tiberus

  • 117

    (117 CE) The Roman empire reaches it's largest extent

  • 313

    (313 CE) Emperor Constantine ends the persecution of Christians in the empire.

  • 476

    (476 CE) The western Roman Empire collapses

  • 527

    (527 CE) Justinian becomes Byzantine emperor

  • 800

    (800 CE) Charlemagne is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman empire by the pope.

  • 1054

    (1054 CE) Great schism divides eastern orthodox and the Roman Catholic churches.

  • 1453

    (1453 CE) Constantinople falls to the Ottoman,Turks,Byzantine empire ends.