Roman Empire

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Canonical records
96
Events
28
People
0
Processes and periods
68
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Roman Empire (96) · Instituciones y derecho (5) · Instituciones, derecho y ciudadanía (4) · Ciudades e integración provincial (2) · Derecho, escritura y administración (2) · Derecho, escritura y educación (2) · Derechos, alimentos y guerra (2) · Gobierno y conflicto (2) · Guerra, ciudades y tecnología militar (2) · Guerra, comercio y mundo mediterráneo (2) · Guerra, provincias y gobierno (2) · Administración, diplomacia y guerra (1)

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  1. c. 876–c. 892

    Basilika and Roman law in Greek

    Basil I began and Leo VI completed the Basilika, a major Greek reorganization of Roman law. The compilation facilitated its use in a Greek-speaking empire without uniformly replacing every local legal practice.

  2. 1054

    The 1054 legation in Constantinople

    The Latin legation of 1054 and excommunications between representatives of Rome and Constantinople aggravated ecclesial tensions. They do not by themselves amount to one single, definitive date of separation between all eastern and western churches.

  3. 1071

    Battle of Manzikert and Anatolian crisis

    The imperial defeat at Manzikert in 1071, followed by civil wars and shifts in power, accelerated losses in Anatolia. It was not an instant imperial collapse and does not by itself explain later transformations.

  4. 1081–1118

    Alexios I’s rule and Komnenian recovery

    Alexios I Komnenos’ reign organized a partial recovery after the crisis of 1071 through reforms, diplomacy, and shifting alliances. Improvement coexisted with reliance on external resources and new frontier pressures.

  5. 1095–1099

    First Crusade and relations with the Eastern Empire

    The First Crusade crossed Byzantine territories and reordered relations among Constantinople, crusader leaders, and neighboring states. Military cooperation coexisted with divergent objectives, jurisdictions, and mistrust.

  6. 1204

    Fourth Crusade and capture of Constantinople

    Armies of the Fourth Crusade conquered Constantinople in 1204 and established a Latin Empire. The result fragmented the Byzantine political space and displaced populations and elites; it did not end the continuity of eastern Roman states.