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Reign: 306-337
Birth: 280
Died: 337
-The first emperor of the empire.
- Moved capital from Rome to Constantinople.
-Founded the city of Constantinople 330 AD
-Took power when his father died (Constantius)
-Killed son and wife.
-Married 2 times. -
The first Council of Nicea was done by Constantine.
-They created the council of Nicea to establish what Christians/Catholics believed in and certain laws in the religion -
Constantine founded the city.
Named it after him. -
Reign: 379-395
Birth:347
Died: 395
-Last emperor to rule the unified empire
-Ordered construction of temples and buildings
-Ended Gothic threat towards the empire.
- Fought during 2 civil wars
- Had a son (Arcadius)
-Established the Council of Nicea -
Reign: 527-565
Birth: 483
Died: 565
- Original name: Petrus Sabbatrius
- Created the Justinian Code
- Ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia
- Conquered land
- Accomplished the greatest extent of the Byzantine Empire
-Nika Riots
- Married Theodora. -
Reign: 527-548
Born: 497
Died: 548
- Justinian's wife
- Justinian's most trusted advisor
- Added laws that empowered women in the Justinian Code -
The citizens of Constantinople were mad because the taxes had risen. They started screaming "Nika....Nika" as a riot. So, Justinian wanted to flee the scene but Theodora tells him not to. They come up with a plan to stop the protest. Justinian invites the people who are screaming Nika into the Hippodrome. They think it is a cordial invitation to apologize. When they go to the hippodrome they get brutally murdered.
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Reign: 610-641
Birth: 575
Death: 641
-Reorganized and strengthened the Empire's army
-Byzantine army fought against the Persian army and won
-Returned True Cross to Jerusalem -
The True Cross was returned to Jerusalem. This was important since it is the cross in which Jesus Christ was crucified.
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Reign: 797-802
Birth: 752
Died: 803
- Favoured the restoration of the usage of the icon
- Made Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox church meet at the Seventh Ecumenical Council, in Nicea. -
Reign: 976 - 1025
Birth:958
Death: 1025
-Romanos II son
-Finished the Anatolian Aristocrats
-Went on war with the Bulgars for 25 years
-Blinded Bulgarians and then left one guy to guide them back. This gave him the name of Bulgar-Slayer.
-Invented the Trebuchet with his team -
Date: 680 - 1355 (675 years)
- The Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars were a set of laws that were settled in the Balkan Peninsula.
-During one of these wars, Basil II blinded Bulgarians. -
Reign: 1042 - 1050
Birth: 978
Death: 1050
- Married three times
- Poisoned her first husband
- Theodora was her sister
- Theodora and Zoe were co-empresses
- Adopted her nephew (Michael V)
- Did not do much to help the Empire
