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Period: 306 to 337
Constantine time of ruling
Created Constantinople
Made Christianity Rome's official religion
He was the first emperor to rule all of Rome
Created the Edict of Milan -
347
Theodosius year of born
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Period: 379 to 395
Theodosius ruling period
Re-united the empire
His father was a important general
The emperor got killed so h e came to power
Had a very strategic mind
Ruled the East and the West
Solved the Gothic problem
They had 2 civil wars -
395
Theodosius year of death
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483
Justinian year of born
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Period: 527 to 565
Justinian ruling period
He conquered and re-conquered a lot of land
Created a new set of laws named "the Justinian Code"
He rebuilt the Hagia Sophia
Reorganized the goverment -
548
Theodora death year
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575
Heraclius year of born
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Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius time of ruling
Left the empire to his son
Deep Christian faith
Overthrew Phocas
Re-organized the goverment and administration
Lost territory to the Arabs
Introduced Greek
Recognized militar leader
Reduced corruption -
752
Irene of Athens born
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Period: 797 to 802
Irene of Athens ruling period
Ended iconoclasm
Killed Constantine VI (son) by taking off his eyes
Wanted more power
First empress
Considered very beautiful -
957
Basil II year of born
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Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II year of ruling
He expanded the empire
Fought for the Bulgars for 25 years
Co emperor of Constantine
Was loved by the army
Wasn't emperor because he was too young -
978
Theodora born year
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Period: 978 to 1050
Empress Zoe ruling period
She turned the Hagia Sophia to a mosque
Killed her husband and got married again after a couple of days
One of the first empresses
She gave her legacy to women to prove women can do stuff -
1025
Basil II death
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1050
Justinian year of death
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Period: to 1050
Theodora ruling period
Her sister Zoe was in charge of the empire
Zoe banished Theodora from the kingdom
Her legacy was for women because women didn't have rights back then
She was a co- emperor with her sister
