THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE By carolina.martin.lacalle 313 CREATION OF THE EMPIRE 395 THEODOSIUS I DIVIDED THE ROMAN EMPIRE THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS DIVIDED THE ROMAN EMPIRE. HE MADE CONSTANTINOPLE THE CAPITAL OF THE EASTER ROMAN EMPIRE 406 INVASION OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE 476 END OF WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Period: 527 to 565 REIGN OF JUSTINIAN THE GREAT 1453 END OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE