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 (augustus), and ...
The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium. Initially the eastern half of the Roman Empire (often called the Eastern Roma...
Justinian II– Emperor of the Byzantine Empire First reign 14 September 685 – 695 & Second reign 705 – 11 December 711 Gold Solidus 19mm (4.39 grams) Constantinople mint. Struck 692-695 A.D. Reference: Sear 1248. Certification:NGC AncientsMS Strike: 3/5 Surface: 4/5 4938331-075 IhS CR...
Thereafter the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire ran from the Mediterranean coast west of the Taurus Mountains to the Black Sea coast east of Trebizond. As a result of these huge territorial losses, the Byzantine Empire became almost coterminous with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and ...
Its founding is connected to the first sacking of Constantinople by the Crusaders and the fragmentation of the Byzantine Empire in the early 13th century. It began to wane at the end of the 18th century, and the last residents abandoned Mystras for the new town of Sparti in 1853. ...
The expansion of the Ottoman EmpireMap showing the expansion of the Ottoman Empire from about 1300 to 1700. The empire reached its greatest extent between 1683 and 1699.(more) The Ottomans first entered the Balkans as mercenaries of Byzantium in the 1340s, and they returned as invaders in the...