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The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History is full of maps about Byzantium. But it takes a dry, academic tone. It doesn’t tell the political history through maps either but covers wider issues like climate, use of the land, church history etc.
Map Description. Historical Map of Europe and the Byzantine Empire about 1000. Credits. University of Texas at Austin. Historical Atlas by William Shepherd (1923-26). Related Links. About Byzantine Empire About Varangians. Related Maps. Map of the Dominions of Cnut 1014-1035.
- Origins
- Justinian I
- The Byzantine Dark Age
- Byzantine Comeback?
- The Great Schism of 1054
- The Fourth Crusade
- The End of The Byzantine Empire
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- Timeline
By the early fourth century A.D., the Roman Empirecovered a huge territory, from northern England to Syria. However, it had become difficult to govern and rife with problems, so in A.D. 293, the emperor Diocletian introduced a system known as the tetrarchy. This effectively split the empire into four regions — two of which were ruled by emperors (a...
Justinian I became emperor in 527. He was the nephew and adopted son of Justin I, who had been a palace guard before usurping the throne in 518. While many historians say that Byzantium's golden age occurred during his reign, Justinian's rule didn't start off very promisingly. Early in his reign, Justinian moved to further cement Christianity as th...
Justinian I died in 565. The centuries after Justinian's death are sometimes referred to as the Byzantine "Dark Age," as a series of misfortunes befell the empire. In the west, much of the territory that Justinian had captured was lost. By the beginning of the seventh century, "much of Italy was under Lombard rule, Gaul was in Frankish hands and th...
Byzantium never returned to the "golden age" it had experienced during Justinian's rule. Nevertheless, the military situation stabilized in the ninth century, and by the 11th century, Byzantium had regained a considerable amount of territory that it had lost. By the time of Emperor Basil II's death in December 1025, after a reign of almost 50 years...
On July 16, 1054, a papal legate (representative) named Humbert of Silva Candida excommunicated the Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius. At the time Pope Leo IX had recently died and a new pope had not been selected. The patriarch refused to relinquish power and excommunicated Humbert in return. This resulted in a schism breaking out b...
In 1204, an army of crusaders from the west sacked Constantinople and installed a short-lived line of rulers. The idea of Christians crusading against other Christians was strange even by the standards of the Middle Ages. There are a number of reasons why it came to this. The Great Schism of 1054 and the subsequent decades of separation between the...
While Constantinople was once again under control of a Greek ruler, its end was drawing near. The empire struggled on into the 15th century, but the emperors gradually lost their importance in favor of religious officials. In 1395, Patriarch Anthony, the Patriarch of Constantinople, felt the need to give a speech explaining why the Byzantine empero...
The Byzantine Empire's warriors fought many battles. Read about the discovery of a 14th-century soldier whose fractured jaw had been healed with gold thread. You can also learn about some rare 1,000-year-old Byzantine swords in this article. Some examples of Byzantine era shipwreckscan be seen in this photo gallery.
Geanakoplos, D. (1984) "Byzantium: Church Society, and Civilization Seen through Contemporary Eyes" University of Chicago Press Theotokis, G, and Meško, M. (eds) (2021) "War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium" Routledge, 2021 Gregory, T. (2010) "A History of Byzantium" Wiley-Blackwell John Giebfried and Kyle Lincoln "The Remaking of the Medieval World, ...
October 312Constantine I is victorious at the Battle of Milvian Bridge and becomes emperor of the western half of the Roman Empire. 324Constantine wins the Battle of Chrysopolis and becomes the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. After this Byzantium (later renamed Constantinople) is built up as a second capital of the Roman Empire. 337Constantine dies...
40 Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) maps between 330 to 1453. Please see the history of the thousand years of the Byzantine Empire on these maps.
Feb 1, 2022 · For old maps showing the Byzantine Empire (that is, maps made over 70 years ago), please see category Old maps of the Byzantine Empire.
Medieval History Periods. Shining Light of the East: Exploring the Legacy of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire Maps: Step into the realm of the Byzantine Empire, a captivating civilization that stood as a beacon of light in the midst of a changing world.
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In 330 A.D., the first Christian ruler of the Roman empire, Constantine the Great (r. 306–337) ( 26.229 ), transferred the ancient imperial capital from Rome to the city of Byzantion located on the easternmost territory of the European continent, at a major intersection of east-west trade.
