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Byzantine Empire Timeline

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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Byzantine Empire Timeline

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330 AD: Constantine founds the new capital of the Roman Empire on the existing site of the ancient Greek city Byzantium: Byzantium was renamed Constantinople and it would become the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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395: The Roman Empire divides in half, with the Eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople and the Western Roman Empire based in Rome/Ravenna.

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800: Charlemagne, king of the Franks, is crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope Leo III in Rome. For the first time in 300 years, there is an emperor of the "East" and an emperor of the "West".

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941: Prince Igor of Kiev attacks Bithynia and later attacks Constantinople: The Byzantines destroys the Russian fleet.

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1071: Defeat at Manzikert to the Seljuk Turks. Permanent loss of most of Asia Minor.

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1453: Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. End of the Byzantine Empire.

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