| 667 B.C. | Byzantine was founded | According to legend the ancient city of Byzantium was founded by Megarian colonists. |
| 27 B.C. | The Romans come into rule | The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful rules in the history of mankind. |
| 330 A.D. | Byzantium becomes the capital | Constantine, the Roman leader, made Byzantium the capital city of the Roman Empire. He changed the name to Constantinople. |
| 395 | The Empire is split in half | After the death of Theodosius, the Byzantine Empire was split in half. It had western and eastern kingdoms. |
| 527 | An Emperor is crowned | Justinian I was crowned and he quickly expanded the Empire. |
| 568 | The loss of the Italian provinces | After a battle with the Lombards, the Byzantine Empire lost most of their lands in Italy. Many battles followed over the years and they lost much more land in Africa. |
| 843 | A slight revival of the Empire | When the Macedonian Dynasty stepped into rule, the Byzantine Empire started gaining back some of their lands. They had a revival of their greatness for 200 years. |
| 1018 | Bulgaria is conquered | The Byzantines conquered Bulgaria and the Balkans. |
| 1025 | Basil II dies, and the empire falls apart | When the emperor, Basil II, died, he passed his kingdom along. The next ruled didn't do well, and things began to fall apart. |
| 1081 | The Byzantines participate in the Crusades | Alexios I became the emperor and he took his people into the Crusades in Jerusalem. |
| 1097 | Antioch is taken from the Turks | The Byzantines took Antioch from the Turkish armies, and later they took Hungary. |
| 1185 | The Bulgarians rebel | The Bulgarians set up a rebellion against the Byzantines, and they won back their independence. |
| 1204 | Constantinople is captured | During the 4th Crusade the capital city of Constantinople was captured, along with several other prominent cities. |
| 1326 | Other cities fall from Byzantine power | Prusia was taken by the Turks, and then in 1331 Nicaea also fell to the Turks. |
| 1347 | The Black Death kills off the Byzantine Empire | The Black death was a plague that swept through Europe and Asia. The weak empire couldn't stand against this last fatal blow. |
| 1461 | The last of the empire falls | One last Byzantine outpost held out until 1461, when it finally fell to the Turks. The Byzantine Empire and Roman rule were officially over. |
