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330 CE – 1453 CE
Byzantine Empire
The eastern Roman empire that endured a thousand years from Constantinople.
Timeline
330 CE
Constantinople founded
Constantine refounds Byzantium as the new Roman capital.
537 CE
Hagia Sophia built
Justinian completes the greatest church of the age.
1453 CE
Fall of Constantinople
The Ottomans capture the city, ending the empire.