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Time Line Byzantine Empire

  • Fall of  Roman Empire, Beginning of  Byzantine Empire
    476

    Fall of Roman Empire, Beginning of Byzantine Empire

    In this year was the decline of the Roman Empire thanks to Germanic and barberians invasions. And also it was the beginning of Byzantine Empire (The new Roman Empire)
  • Justinian became emperor
    527

    Justinian became emperor

    He recodified the law of Rome. He reconstruct the Byzentine Empire, people wanted to kill him because he asked that the citizens pay taxes.
  • Hagia Sophia
    532

    Hagia Sophia

    This construction is an enormos cathedral that is stilstand today, Is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Nika Riots
    532

    Nika Riots

    It was the most violent riot in the history of Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed. It remains today one of the world's deadliest ever riots, this riot took place in the Hippodrome of Constantinople that was constructed in 330.
  • The justinian Code
    534

    The justinian Code

    The Justinian Code was a codification of Roman law that kept ancient Roman principles alive. Evolution of jurisprudence led to modern legal systems.
  • Orthodox Chritianity
    Jan 1, 1054

    Orthodox Chritianity

    Orthodox Chruch was aligned Byzantine, which made Russia culturally different from the other great powers due to the influence of Byzantine´s Orthodox Christianity.
  • Pope excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople
    Jan 1, 1054

    Pope excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople

    From this point forward Orthodoxy influenced the East and Roman Catholisism the West.
  • Alexios I Komnenos
    Apr 1, 1081

    Alexios I Komnenos

    In this date Alexios I Komnenos became Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, He recover the falling Empire, this measure save the Empire.
  • The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
    Jan 1, 1453

    The Fall of the Byzantine Empire

    One of the reasons of the fall of the Byzantine Empire was the Bubonic plague that kill more than 10.000 people per day approximately.
    The other reason why the empire fell was thanks to constant attakcs from the East and West (Europe, Asia, Turkey etc.)
  • Golden Age

    Golden Age

    The accession of Basil I to the throne in 867 marks the beginning of the Macedonian dynasty, which would rule for the next two and a half centuries. This make a Golden Age in the Byzantine empire because he was a very good ruler.