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Period: 306 to 337
Constantine the Great
He changed the capital city of the empire to Constantinople ( named after him ). He also change the official religion of the empire to Christianity. During his times as emperor the empire was unified, the Edict of Milan was created and the Nicene Creed. He was born the 27 of February of 272 and died May 22 of 337. -
313
Edict of Milan
They Edict of Milan was an agreement that the emperor Constantine said that every religion a citizen chooses will be excepted in the Empire. -
325
Nicene Creed
A lot of people reunited along Constantine to determine the real nature ofGod so there is no more controversy -
Period: 379 to 395
Theodosius
Theodosus first governed the East part of the empire for 13 years and then governed all of the empire. He made laws against Panan and he founded a dynasty. He was the last emperor that ruled the east and the west. He was born January 11 of 347 and died the 17 of January in 395. -
380
Theodosian Dynasty
The emperor Theodosian created one of the most powerful family dynasties in the whole history of the empire. Later after him the dynasty continued or 4 more family members -
395
Last to rule east and west
Theodosius was the last emperor that managed to rule the east and the west of the empire. At first he only ruled the east but then he ruled everything -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian
Justinian I was considered as the greatest emperor of all the Byzantine empire during his times as emperor he killed the Nika Riots by a huge massacre and he built the Hagia Sophia among other things. He was born the 11 of May of 482 and died the 14 of November of 565 -
532
The massacre of the Nika Riots
During Justinian times, the taxes were really high, so a group of riots called the Nika Riots started revolting against Justinian. Justinian told them to go to the Hippodrome and that they will discuss there but instead he send the army to kill them and that is what they did. -
533
Hagia Sophia
Justinian decided to build a massive church called Hagia Sophia so that the people were happy in the empire. This huge building now still stands and back in the Byzantine empire it was the center of Christianity -
610
Cut Phocas head
The emperor Heraclius decapitated Phocas after he lost control in a fight. Since he killed him he raised to power and became emperor -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
Heraclius got into power because he cut Phocas head of so that he coms into power. He established Greek as the main language and made peace with the Persians. He died the 11 of February of 641 -
611
Greek main language
Heraclius stablished Greek as main language. The empire spoke many languages so he changed that -
Period: 797 to 802
Irene
Irene ruled as empress alone that was a uncommon thing in the empire. She restores the use of icons and she is a saint of the Orthodox church, his son made a revolt against her. She was born in 752 and died the 9 of August of 803. -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II
During Bassils times Greece was reconquered and again formed part of the empire. He deafened many, like Syrians, Samuel the Bulgar and Badas. He created the trebuchet. He was born in 958 and died in1025 -
1002
Reconquer Syria
Before Bassil Syria was lost. Luckily Bassil had created a really good army and he could reconquer the territories. -
1014
Cut Bulgarians eye
After the battle against the Bulgars Bassil cut every eye of the Bulgars exept the every 100th men he left with one eye -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe
Zoe came to power with his lover Michael but he later betrayed her. She fought for women rights and was known because of her mosaics. -
Period: 1042 to 1056
Theodora
Theodora should have come to power long times ago but her sister Zoe betrayed her. Then they could reconcile and they reign together until Zoe died, then she ruled alone. She gave more power to the senator.
