Topic 8 Timeline By McCowan807 Period: 100 BCE to 1500 The Roman and Byzantine Empires 27 BCE Augustus becomes first Roman emperor 1 CE According to Christianity, Jesus is born. 14 Augustus dies 117 The Roman Empire reaches its largest extent 117 Trade extended through Europe and parts of Asia 313 Emperor Constantine ends persecution of Christians in the empire 476 The western Roman empire collapses 527 Justinian becomes Byzantine emperor 1054 Great Schism divides Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches 1453 Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.Byzantine empire ends.
