Events & Dates
TIMELINE
337 AD Death of Constantine the Great (divided Roman Empire in half)
410 Rome sacked for 1st time
476 Fall of Rome — Last Western Roman emperor deposed
423-1453 Byzantine Empire
527-565 Rule of Justinian I — first truly Byzantine Emperor
600-628 First Byzantine/Sasanid War
630 Islamic Arabs first appear on the scene; attack both Sassanid and Byzantine states
700s Islamic Empire established, with capital at Baghdad
1204 Fourth Crusade goes seriously away as Latin forces sack Constantinople
1204-61 Latin Empire est. in territories of Byzantine Empire
1261 Byzantine forces retake Constantinople, but empire is a shadow of its old self
1453 Constantinople falls to Islamic Turks, ending Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Timeline
The Line
- By utilizing one of the Web Links, Word, or Powerpoint complete the following...
- Use these dates to construct a Timeline about the Byzantine Empire.
- Your Timeline must include every date listed below.
- You must include a picture with every date that correlates to that specific event.
