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She was born in Cyprus in 497 and died in Constantinople in June 548. After Zoe married her third husband, Constantine IX, in June 1042, Theodora was again sidelined. After Zoe died in 1050 and Constantine in 1055, Theodora assumed full governance of the Empire and reigned until her death. She nominated Michael VI as her successor.
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As the only surviving member of the Macedonian dynasty, along with her sister Theodora. Her three husbands, Romanos III (1028–1034), Michael IV (1034–1041) and Constantine IX (1042–1050) ruled alongside her.
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Bulgaria was finally subdued in 1018 after over 20 years of war, interrupted only by sporadic warfare in Syria against the Fatimids. Basil also expanded Byzantine control over most of Armenia. His reign is widely considered as the apogee of medieval Byzantium.
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Constantine VI took the power from her in 780–790, she overthrew him in 797 and became empress. Right after overthrowing him she exiled him.
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Officially replaced Latin with Greek as the language of administration.
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He was born in 483 in Tauresium, Dardania and died November 14, 565 in Constantinople. Attempted to restore the western territories of the Empire, reconquering Italy, North Africa and parts of Spain. Also responsible for the "corpus juris", or the "Justinian code" which is the foundation of law for many modern European nations.
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Theodosius I was born in January 11, 347 and died in January 17, 395. In his time the Roman Empire was permanently divided between the East Roman Empire, later known as the Byzantine Empire, and the West Roman Empire.
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Where Constantine beat Maxentius
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Constantine was born in February 27, 280 CE and died May 22, 337.Moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople and in doing so killed the western half of the empire. He was one of the biggest promoters of christianity in the whole wide world.