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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Collection of facts about the Byzantine Empire

This post is a collection of facts about the Byzantine Empire (330 - 1453 AD). There are 15 facts listed below.

• Continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Capital: Constantinople
• State religion: Christianity
• Theodosius I ruled 379 - 395 AD
• Justinian I ruled 527 - 565 AD
• Justinian I reconquered Italy in the Gothic War (535 - 554 AD)
• Plague of Justinian (541 - 549 AD)
• Byzantine-Sasanian War (602-628 AD)
• Levant and Egypt lost to Rashidun Caliphate
• Africa lost to Umayyad Caliphate
• Komnenian restoration (1081 - 1185 AD)
• Sack of Constantinople 1204 AD
• Constantinople recovered 1261 AD
• Byzantine-Ottoman wars (1299 - 1453 AD)
• Conquered by Ottoman Empire 1453 AD

Sources

Wikipedia: Byzantine Empire, Plague of Justinian, Gothic War, Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628, Komnenian restoration, Byzantine-Ottoman wars