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Period: 306 to 337
Constantine The Great
He was born February 27 of 272 A.D
He died May 22 of 337 A.D
Expanded the empire
Gave a lot of importance to Christianity
Created a lot of churches
Created edict of Milan and nicene creed. -
313
Edict of Milan
A meeting in which they decided everyone could choose the religion they wanted. Made by Constantine and Licinius. -
325
Nicene Creed
A meeting with the civilization to decide what common religion to believe in. Christianity won. -
Period: 379 to 395
Theodosius
Born January 11 of 347A.D
Died January 17 of 395 A.D
Built Theodosian wall
Rules east and west
Official religion was Catholicism -
385
Theodosian wall
Protected Constantinople from enemies -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian
Born May 11 482 A.D
Died November 14 565 A.D
Nika Riots
Rebuilt Hagia Sophia
Justinian code -
Period: 527 to 548
Theodora
Born 500 A.D
Died June 28 548 A.D
Wife of Justinian and ruled with him
Advices him always
Advised him to create nika riots
Promoted religious and social policies
Made rules to benefit women like trafficking and divorcing etc.
Gave example to a lot of women to remember them they can also rule. -
532
Nika riots
When Justinian killed 1/3 of the population so that people stopped complaining and revolting. Was advices by his wife Theodora. -
533
Laws benefiting women
Theodora created laws that benefited women and women’s rights. Some of the rules involved sexual abuse and trafficking, divorce, and the role of women at houses. -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
Born 575 A.D
Died February 11 641 A.D
Killed Phocas to come to power
Piece with Persians
Restored cross of Jerusalem
Established main language (Greek) -
628
Restoring of the cross of Jerusalem
It was during the ruling of Heraclius. It was a really important event in Christianity history -
Period: 775 to 780
Irene
Born 752 A.D
Died August 9 803 A.D
Was an orphan
Killed her son that revolted against her
Restored the use of icons
Feast day: August 9 ( day she died ) -
778
The destruction of iconoclasm
It was during the ruling of Irene. She restored the use of icons which meant that everyone could worship the icon they wanted without having to face any consequences -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II
Born 958 A.D
Died December 15 1025 A.D
Military leader
Pay taxes to poor
Defeated Samuel the Bulgar in a very gross way ( blinded army )
Created trebuchet
Conquered a lot of territory
Crushed rebellions -
1009
Trebuchet
During the ruling of Basil II. It was a weapon which was really advance for that time. It is like a catapult that throws a proyectiles capable of crushing hundreds of men. -
1014
Fall of Tzar Samuel
Was during the ruling of basil II. He put all of the vulgar army in a line and blinded every single one of them, leaving every 100 men with 1 eye to Lead the way. -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe
Born 978 A.D
Died June 1050 A.D
Killed Romanos III and came to power
Uncle was Basil II
Fell in love with Michel while married and poisoned husband
Mosaics of her in Hagia Sophia
Gave women example to fight for their rights -
1045
Mosaics of Zoe in Hagia Sophia
I’m the hago Sophia there are some mosaics about Zoe’s life. Those mosaics were made since she gave women an example to fight for their rights and was an example to many women
