byzantine timeline

  • emporor constantine founded the byzantine capital
    330

    emporor constantine founded the byzantine capital

    Constantine rebuilt Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople. Constantine was also the first emperor to become Christian and support Christianity. He ruled from 306 to 337
  • Period: 330 to Jan 1, 1453

    byzantine timeline

  • justinian becomes emperor
    527

    justinian becomes emperor

    Justinian was a Christian emperor like Constantine. He ruled from Constantinople the capital of Rome from 527 to 565.
  • hagia sophia completed
    537

    hagia sophia completed

    The Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox Church from 537 to 1453 then was changed into a mosque and was a mosque until 1931. It is now a museum.
  • general belisarius military campaigns
    545

    general belisarius military campaigns

    General Belisarius was a Byzantine General, a great military figure in the time of emperor Justinian. He Wayne of the most important figures in roman military history. Belisarius fought the Persians invaders and people rebelling against the empire
  • islamic conquests
    Jan 1, 700

    islamic conquests

    An attack by the Muslim army at the Byzantine armies led buy Muhammad. It was a war of religious and political reasons
  • Jan 1, 1025

    Emperor Basil II

    Basil II was the Byzantine emperor from 976-1025.he extended the empire into the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Georgia, and Armenia. He was nicknamed "the burglar slayer" for conquering Bulgaria
  • great schism
    Jan 1, 1054

    great schism

    The church was split into two different branches, Eastern and western. Eastern was known as the Eastern Orthodox and the western was known as the Roman Catholic Church
  • emperor alexios I and pope urban II
    Jan 1, 1095

    emperor alexios I and pope urban II

    From 1081 to 1118 Alexios was emperor of Byzantine. When he was at war against the Seljuqs, he asked pope Urban II for help
  • 4th crusade
    Jan 1, 1204

    4th crusade

    the crusaders of Western Europe attacked and invaded Constantinople. This was one of the final acts of the great schism. The un conquered sections of the Byzantine empire then overthrew the crusaders.
  • end of byzantines
    Jan 1, 1453

    end of byzantines

    The empire was taken over by the ottoman Turks after crusades, civil wars and internal corruption.