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306
Constantine I
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Period: 306 to 337
Constantine I
He created the city of Constantinople. -
Period: 306 to 337
Constantine I
He spread Christianity through all the empire and created the Edict of Milan so that they can also accept any type of religions. -
Period: 306 to 337
Constantine I
Constantine started from the bottom as a 17 year old soldier, he achieved a really high level military education. -
401
Theodosius
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Period: 401 to 450
Theodosius
He ruled the western and eastern parts of Rome. -
Period: 401 to 450
Theodosius
Theodosius confronted the Gothic War, which happened because the Goth's started invading their territory so that they can get more land, but fortunetely he could handle the situation very well. -
Period: 401 to 450
Theodosius
He has born on January 11, 347 and died on January 17, 395. -
527
Justinian
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Period: 527 to 565
Justinian
He build The Hagia Sophia after the Nika riots, which was a building later turned into a mosque. -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian
Justinian created new laws that protected both women and slaves in the empire. -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian
He actually conquered many territory and was the last emperor to speak latin in the empire. -
610
Heraclius
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Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
He is known by improving the royal administration and introducing Greek as the official language of the Byzantine Empire. -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
Since he started with the militarization in Anatolia, he provided land grants not only for frontier soldiers but for soldiers and peasants in the interior too. -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
With a powerful sense of reality, he adjusted the empire to the needs of the 7th century, by departmentalizing the great state offices and many more projects. -
775
Irene of Athens
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Period: 775 to 780
Irene of Athens
She ended up with Iconoclasm -
Period: 775 to 780
Irene of Athens
Even though she was the first women empress, she still wanted more power. -
Period: 775 to 780
Irene of Athens
Irene sent a men to blind her own son for conspiring her. -
976
Basil II
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Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II
He expanded the empire by taking over Bulgaria for revenge. -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II
Basil II ended with the Anatolian aristocrats in the empire. -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II
Before becoming the emperor, he was first crowned co-emperor and died in December 15,1025. -
1028
Zoe
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Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe
She represented and defended women in the whole empire. -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe
She turned the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, which is the Islam church. -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe
She had always been jealous of Theodora and ended up killing Romulus III, his first husband. -
1042
Theodora
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Period: 1042 to 1056
Theodora
She was one of the first women to become an empress for the empire, which was a great achievement in that time and the reason why many women admired her. -
Period: 1042 to 1056
Theodora
She was born in 497 and died on June 28,548 -
Period: 1042 to 1056
Theodora
Zoe vanished Theodora of her position in the empire.
