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272
Constantine is born
Born 272 AD -
Period: 306 to 337
Constantine the great reign and facts
Constantine the great was born in
Naissus, in Dacia Ripensis, city now known as Niš (Serbian Cyrillic: Ниш, located in Serbia).
He died in the 22 of May of 337 in Constantinople actual day Istanbul
He made Christianity the oficial religion
He United the empire
He founded Constantinople -
312
Christianity
Constantine was the first emperor to become Christian and The Who really founded Christianity like we know it now -
325
Nicene creed
Nicene creed was this group of bishops that helped maintain Christianity as the oficial religion and as we know it now -
330
Foundation of Constantinople
Constantine founded in the is year a city called Constantinople on a Greek colony called Byzantium now a day Instanbul -
337
Constantine dies
Died in 337 AD -
347
Theodosius is born
Born in 347 -
Period: 347 to 395
Theodosius I
Born January,11,347 in Cacua, Galicia (Now Spain)
Died January 26,395 in Constantinople -
358
Paganism and Arianism
In this time Theodosius had to fight against two religions that tried to take over Christianity Paganism and Arianism. Paganism already existed as the principal religion of the roman empire and Theodosius thought the the the East part of the empire was better civilized than the West so he suppressed Paganism and Arianism and made Christianity survive -
395
Theodosius dies
Died at 395 -
Period: 497 to 548
Theodora
Born in Cyprus in 497
Died in Constantinople in 548
She ruled with her husband Justinian between 527 and 548.
She was one of the first women to recognize women human rights -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian I reign and facts
Born May 11, 482 AD, Tauresiu
Died November 14, 565 AD, Constantinople -
529
Justinian codex
Means "Body of Civil Law".The works did not constitute a new legal law, but they provided basically two references of works containing the past laws and opinions of the great Roman jurists -
532
Nika Riots
Nika riots were this group of people that started to revolt against Justinian so Justinian lied to them and took the to a coliseum ant took down all of them -
537
Hagia Sophia
After defeating and killing the Nika Riots Justinian decided that it would be good to maintain his people to his side. So he built the Hagia Sophia a christian church back then but now a days a Mosque -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
Born 575
Died 641
Heraclius strengthen the military for the battles. He tried to solve the conflict between the two sides of the church, but the east empire was lost -
620
Greek
Heraclius changed the empire official language from Latin to Greek -
Period: 797 to 802
Irene of Athens
Born 752 in Athens. Died 802 in Constantinople.
Married Leo IV and had a child named Constantine VI.
He grew to overthrew her but she was strong and kept the power of the throne -
Period: 957 to 1025
Basil II
He increased the domestic authority by attaching both the powerful interests of the military, aristocracy and the church. He is also known by being one of the most strict emperors -
Period: 986 to 1014
War against Bulgars
In the first battle the Byzantines lost and even 20 years later Basil II waited for the moment and attacked the Bulgar's, this time he won. He blinded almost all the Bulgar army and let 1 every 100 man with one eye to lead the blinded soldiers back to Bulgaria. -
1014
War against Bulgars
In the first battle the Byzantines lost and even 20 years later Basil II waited for the moment and attacked the Bulgar's, this time he won. He blinded almost all the Bulgar army and let 1 every 100 man with one eye to lead the blinded soldiers back to Bulgaria. -
Period: 1042 to 1050
Zoe Porphyrogenita
She was born in Constantinople in 978 and was made empress the day she was born. Her sister was called Theodora another empress but Zoe hated her.
