Byzantine Empire By hiljer11 330 Constantinople Is founded Constantinople is named the capital of new rome 410 Rome is destroyed by the Visigoths 527 Justinian becomes Emperor Justinian becomes the emperor of Eastern Rome Jan 1, 1018 Bulgaria Becomes part of the Byzantine Empire Jan 2, 1261 Constantinople is recaptured by the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaeologus Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople The Byzantine Empire Falls Mar 2, 2022 Basil I Becomes the new Emperor Basil I becomes the new emperor of the byzantine Empire