Byzantium: Architecture in the 6th century

Byzantine Empire - Early Period Timeline:330: Emperor Constantine founds a new capital of the Roman Empire at the Greek town of Byzantium, renaming the city Constantinople after himself395: Death of Emperor Theodosius – Empire permanently split in two halves. Constantinople is capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire in the 6th century

Byzantine Empire - Early Period Timeline:330: Emperor Constantine founds a new capital of the Roman Empire at the Greek town of Byzantium, renaming the city Constantinople after himself395: Death of Emperor Theodosius – Empire permanently split in two halves. Constantinople is capital of the Eastern Roman Empire527-565: reign of Emperor Justinian I. Greatest expansion of Byzantine Empire1453: Fall of Byzantine Empire

Constantinople (Istanbul)

Constantinople (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia 532-537. Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Constantinople (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia 532-537. Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, 532-537

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, 532-537

Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore, 432

Hagia Sophia: Interior

Rome, Pantheon, 118-125 CE

Rome, Pantheon, 118-125 CE

Rome, Pantheon, 118-125 CE

Rome, Pantheon, 118

Constantinople (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia 532-537. Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Note: Dome on pendentives

Hagia Sophia: Interior

Byzantine Empire in the 6th century

Byzantine Empire - Early Period Timeline:330: Emperor Constantine founds a new capital of the Roman Empire at the Greek town of Byzantium, renaming the city Constantinople after himself395: Death of Emperor Theodosius – Empire permanently split in two halves. Constantinople is capital of the Eastern Roman Empire527-565: reign of Emperor Justinian I. Greatest expansion of Byzantine Empire1453: Fall of Byzantine Empire

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526-547

Church of San Vitale, interior: central domeRavenna, Italy, 526-547

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-547apse and altar

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526-547. View into apse

Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, mosaic panels showing Emperor Justinian (left) and his wife, Empress Theodora (below)