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Period: 305 to 337
Constantine the great
He was born in 280 and died in 337 he ruled from 305 to 337 -
312
Constantine the great converts to Christianity
In October 28 of 312 Constantine met the forces of Maxentius at the river, legend tells that at battle Constantine asked for the help of the gods and he had a Christian vision, which made him convert to Christianity -
312
Became a Christian
In a battle with maxentius legend says Constantine the great had a vision, which made him convert to Christianity. -
313
Edict of Milan
Constantine the great and Licinius, his co emperor he issued the edict of Milan, which was the acceptance of religions. -
379
Allies
In 379 Theodosius was made emperor of command over the east and instead of fighting the goths he made allies with them and they stoped fighting -
Period: 379 to 395
Theodosius the great
He was not in January 11 of 347 and died in January 17 of 395 he was emperor of the east from 379 to 392 and then emperor of both west and east from 379 to 395 overall he was an emperor from 379 to 395 -
394
Empire reunites
Theodosius went to the west and defeated the usurpers, after that in 394 he started to reunite te Empire but he died in January 17 395 leaving everything to his son -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian l
He was born in 485 and died in 565 at the age of 82, he was a Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565 -
Period: 532 to 537
Hagia sophia
Justinian l directed the construction of several cathedrals including the Hagia Sophia, which was in construction from 532 to 537 -
534
Code of Justinian
He created a set of laws for the empire known as Codex Justiniaus in 534 -
609
Greek
He was the one who introduced the Greek language as an oficial language to the empire, it is believed this happened at the starts of his ruling period. -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
He was born in 575 and died in 641 at the age of 66. He ruled from 610 to 641 -
629
Muslims
In 629 a small Muslim group attacked the province of Arabia, but were repulsed by a Byzantine victory. -
Period: 775 to 802
Irene
She was born In 752 and died in 803 being an empress from 775 to 802 overall -
787
Council of Nicaea Irene
During her rule she called the second rule of Nicaea in 787 and brought to an end the first Iconoclast period -
797
Her son
When Irene’s son reached maturity he started revolting, so in 797 Irene extracted her son’s eyes injuring him so much that he died a few days later -
976
Civil wars
In 976 for two years there were many civil wars that affected his ruling time -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil ll
He was born in 958 and died in 1025 and ruled from 976 to 1025 -
1000
Caliphate
Basil led a campaign against the Caliphate that ended with a truce in 1000 -
1028
Husband and wife
Had no major accomplishments but she was married to many people, one of them being Ramos lll, which she was wife to for six years (1028-1034), it is believed that she killed him to have power and scraped with a man named michel -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe
Zoé was born in 978 and died in in 1050, she ruled from 1028 to 1050 -
1042
Sister
She had an interesting life and gave a voice to the women of the time, one of the main things she did was rule with her sister Theodora for 8 years (1042-1050) -
1042
Co- empress
Theodora was the sister of Zoe, Zoe always fought for power, she adopted a child to enter power and in 1042 made her sister Theodora her co-empress -
Period: 1042 to 1056
Theodora
She was born in 980 and died in 1056, she ruled from 1042 to 1056 -
1050
Opposition
When her sister died in 1050 she entered power fierce to opposition of court officials and military, she was a strong empress for years, but then became ill and died
