History of the Byzantines

Emperor constantine founded the Byzantine capital

330

Constantine the great was a Roman emperor from 306 to 337AD .Acclaimed as the emperor by the army at Eburacum after his father`s death in 306AD.As emperor,Constantine enacted many administratives,financial,social and military reforms to strength the empire.As the first christian emperor is a significant figure in the history of Christianity.

Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantines

527

Justinian the great,was a Roman emperor from 527 to 565.During his reign,Justinian sought to revive the empire`s greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman emperor.

General Belisarius Military Campaigns

533

Belisarious,Byzantine general,the leading military in the age of the Byzantine emperor Justianian.Belisarious contributed greatly to the expansion of the empire.The retirement of Belisarious came to an end when in 559 when army of court and the general was regarded as weak and ridiculous.

Hagia Sophia Completed

537

Hagia Sophia is a former Greek church later an imperial mosque and now a museum in Istanbul,Turkey.It served as an Eastern orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.The church was dedicated to the wisdom of God.

Islamic Conquests Parts of the Byzantine Territory

May 27, 600

Islamic forces

Emperor Basil II Military conquests up to the year 1025

Jun 3, 1025

basil was a byzantine emperor from the macedonian dynasty who reigned from 970 to 1025.The early years of his long reign were dominated by civil wars against powerful generals from the Anatolian aristocracy.its greatest territory extent since the muslim conquest four centuries.

Great Schism

Jul 12, 1054

Great Schism of 1054 also called East-west Schims,event that precipated the final separation between the Eastern Christian chureches and the Western church.

Emperor Alexios I and Pope Urban II

Aug 21, 1095

Alexio I was Byzantine emperor from 1081-1118.alexious presented urban with a request for help against the turks.

Fourth Crusade(attack on Constantinople)

Sep 24, 1204

Fourth crusade (1202-04)was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt.In Apirl 1204,the crusaders of western Europe invaded and sacked the Orthodox christian city of Constantipole,capital of Byzantine Empire.

End of Byzantine

Oct 30, 1453

The Byzantine Empire,alternatively known as the Eastern Roman Empire,was the Greek speaking eastern half continuation and remainder of the Roman empire during the middle ages.Its capital was Constantinople(modern-day Istanbul),originally founded as Byzantium.It survived the fragamentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th centuryAD and contiuned to exist for an additonal thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman turk in 1453.During its existence, the empire was the most powerfu