Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul

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  • 500 BCE

    500 BC-0

    500 BC-0
    In 496 Byzantium participates in the Ionian Revolt against the persian rule and gain freedom temporairly. The persians, then go on to destroy the city of greece.
    479- Sparta begins to rebuild, City is fought over by Athens and Sparta
    478-Byzantium is under the power of athens.
    340- Philip II of Macedonia lays siege to the city of Byzantium
    336- Byzantium is under the control of Alexander the Great.
    279-War between Byzantium and Rhodes break out and the city is now behind controlled by rome.
  • 196

    0-500 CE

    0-500 CE
    196- City is captued bt Roman emperor Severus
    293- Empire is split between Rome(west) and Byzantium(east)
    330- Roman Empire of east is defeated by Roman emperor of West
    330- Byzantium changes its name to Constantinople
    337-Emperor Constatine dies and the Roman empire is divide among is 3 sons
    476-Constantinople is considered capital of Byzantium empire after rome falls.
  • 500

    500 CE- 1000 CE

    500 CE- 1000 CE
    527-Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
    565-City increasingly Greek in nature.
    650-By this year most of the empire is of Greek background.Greek culture is heavily influential in the Byzantine empire.
    726-Emperor Leo III outlaws the use of icons in Christianty, beginning the Ionoclastic Controversy that lasts for years.
  • 1000

    1000 CE - 1500 CE

    1000 CE - 1500 CE
    1054- Break between Rome and Constantinople
    1204- Crusaders take over and destroy Constantinople
    1261- Byzantines under the leadership of Micheal VIII reclaims Constantinople from the Crusaders
    1453-Constantinople is taken over by the Ottoman Turks marking the end of the Byzantine empire
    1480-The turks change the citys name from Constantinople to Istanbul