

Eventual Lost of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt to Muslims.ħ17-718: A large Muslim force besiege Constantinople by land and sea. Justinian is the last emperor to use the title "Caesar".ĥ68: Lombards invade Italy, eventually taking Northern Italy from the Byzantines.Ħ10: Heraclius becomes emperor. Constantinople is the most glorious city in europe, with 500,000 inhabitants. He codifies the Previous Roman Laws into one document. He reconquers parts of the fallen Western Empire (Africa and Italy, Spain).

Chronology of Byzantine Empire (330-1453 A.D.)ģ30 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.ģ95: The Roman Empire divides in half, with the Eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople and the Western Roman Empire based in Rome/Ravenna.Ĥ76: The Western Empire Falls: The Eastern Empire survives and now is labeled as the Byzantine Empire.ĥ26: Justinian's reign begins.
