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305 May 1, Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome abdicated. Constantius I Chlorus (Flavius Valerius Constantius) became Western emperor. Galerius
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After enlarging the ancient Greek city of Byzantium, Constantine I renames it for himself and establishes an imperial residence there. Constantinople becomes the capital in 359, and Eastern Romans (Byzantines) come to call it simply "The City."
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href='http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_byzantine_empire.php' >http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_byzantine_empire.php</a>First Christain. He ruled for 30 years. He split Rome into two. The Byzantine Empire continued on for 1000 years after the Western Roman Empire, including Rome, collapsed in 476 CE.
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Justinian ruled from 527-565.Name: (At birth) Petrus Sabbatius; Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus
Birthplace: Thrace
Dates: c.482, at Tauresium - 565
Ruled: April 1, 527 (jointly with his uncle Justin until August 1) - November 14, 565
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AD 537- Hagia Sophia is built
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Heraclius overthrows the mad emperor Phocas. He institutes a system of themes, wherein the soldiers defending a district are the free peasants of that district with a stake in the defense of their homes (instead of mercenaries). This system, adopted by succeeding emperors and expanded throughout the lands, saves expense and strengthens the empire; but Heraclius overextends himself fighting history's first Holy War and loses Syria, Palestine, Persia and Egypt.
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AD 1054- Great Schism
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The Latin Roman Church and the Greek Orthodox Church excommunicate each other.
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AD 1081- Alexius I arrests decline, joins 1st Crusade
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Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantines retakes Antioch from the Normans
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AD 1180- Death of Manuel Comnenus restarts decline
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The last emperor of Byzantium, Constantine XI, leads a force of 4,000 troops and succeeds in holding off 160,000 advancing Turks for seven weeks. But the City, now all that is left of the Byzantine Empire, suffers its inevitable fate and falls on Tuesday, May 29.
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The Byzantine empire started in 518.
The Byzantine empire ended in 1453 after an Ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of Constantine XI. -
Lombards invade Italy, eventually taking Northern Italy from the Byzantines.
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Justinian II is deposed. His nose is cut off (resulting in the name "Rhinotmetus") and he is banished to Cheron.
