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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.
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They Edict of Milan was an agreement that the emperor Constantine said that every religion a citizen chooses will be excepted in the Empire.
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A lot of people reunited along Constantine to determine the real nature ofGod so there is no more controversy
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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The emperor Heraclius decapitated Phocas after he lost control in a fight. Since he killed him he raised to power and became emperor
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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
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Heraclius stablished Greek as main language. The empire spoke many languages so he changed that
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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.
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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
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Before Bassil Syria was lost. Luckily Bassil had created a really good army and he could reconquer the territories.
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After the battle against the Bulgars Bassil cut every eye of the Bulgars exept the every 100th men he left with one eye
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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.
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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.
