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280
Constantine the Great was born
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312
Constantine became the western emperor
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313
Constantine
issued the edict of Milan with co-emperor Licinius which meant that he proclaimed tolerance for all religions -
Period: 324 to 337
Constantine Regin ( Whole Empire)
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325
Constantine
He summoned the Council of Nicea -
337
Constantine died
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347
Theodosius the Great
Born in Cauca, Gallaecia -
Period: 379 to 392
Theodosius the Great emperor of the east
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380
Theodosius the Great
decreed that all religions and others accept the trinity. -
381
Theodosius I organized the Council of Constantinople
what happened is that 150 eastern bishops attested to the divinity of the Holy Spirit and the Son of God. -
Period: 392 to 395
Sole Emperor Theodosius the Great
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394
Theodosius I
He defeated pagan forces under Arbogast and Eugenius. -
Period: 410 to 413
Theodosian wall was built
it was in the reign of Theodosius. It was a large wall that surrounded the city of Constantinople to protect it from invaders and had three layers of wall first there was an outer wall that had a moat., then there was a second wall which had regular towers and an interior terrace that had a firing platform to shoot down on any enemy forces attacking the moat and first wall and last there was a third inner wall. -
483
Justinian I
Born in Tauresium, Dardania -
497
Theodora
Born in Constantinople -
525
Theodora
Married Justinian I -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian I Regin (whole empire)
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Period: 527 to 548
Theodora empress
she reign along her husband Justinian I until she died -
529
Justinian I
The first edition of the Codex Iustinianus was published -
530
Theodora
Theodora created many laws in the Justinian Code like one that protected and empower women, also a law that would allow men of noble birth to marry women of lower classes, and she made a law that prevented women from being forced into prostitution, and the last law that she made was one that protected women from being taken advantage when divorced happened. -
532
Justinian I
ordered the rebuilding of the Hagia Sofia church after it was destroyed -
532
Justinian I Nika riots
The Nika Riots happened when Justinian rased the taxes and the people were angry and put the city (Constantinople) on fire and then Justinian reunited them in The Hippodrome were they did the chariot races and killed send the military to kill them There. -
532
Theodora
During the nika riots she organized Justinian's forces, saving the Byzantine empire from collapse -
541
Justinian I
Byzantine Empire was threatened by Persian invasion and Belisarius was reassigned to protect the eastern frontiers -
548
Theodora
died in Constantinople -
565
Justinian I
died on Constantinople -
575
Heraclius
born on Cappadocia, Turkey -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius Regin
he was emperor of the Byzantine Empire until he died -
Feb 11, 641
Heraclius died
died in Istanbul, Turkey -
730
Irene empress
She restored the use of Christian icons or images in Byzantium, that were forbidden in the Eastern Orthodox form of Christianity. -
752
Irene empress
Born in Athens -
797
Irene empress
Irene took the crown back from her son Constantine by organizing a conspiracy against him and blinding him to death. -
Period: 797 to 802
Irene empress regin
she ruled as emperor sole emperor and became the first woman to do so in Byzantine history. -
798
Irene empress
She opened diplomatic relations with the Western emperor Charlemagne and later on she married him. -
800
Irene empress
She expanded the silk industry in the western part of the silk route -
957
Basil II born
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Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II Regin
Emperor of the whole Byzantine Empire -
978
Zoe
Born in Constantinople, Turkey -
1014
Basil II
Byzantines captured the main Bulgarian army of some 14, 000 men and blinded each solider but left one in every 100 with one eye to guide the rest. -
Dec 15, 1025
Basil II died
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1028
Zoe Empress
got married to Romanus III Argyrus, and became empress consort to the throne the same year. -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe Porphyrogenita regin
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1042
Zoe Empress
She became co-ruler with her sister Theodora -
1050
Zoe
Died in Constantinople, Turkey
