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Byzantine emperors

  • 272

    Constantine is born

    Constantine is born
    Born 272 AD
  • Period: 306 to 337

    Constantine the great reign and facts

    Constantine the great was born in
    Naissus, in Dacia Ripensis, city now known as Niš (Serbian Cyrillic: Ниш, located in Serbia).
    He died in the 22 of May of 337 in Constantinople actual day Istanbul
    He made Christianity the oficial religion
    He United the empire
    He founded Constantinople
  • 312

    Christianity

    Christianity
    Constantine was the first emperor to become Christian and The Who really founded Christianity like we know it now
  • 325

    Nicene creed

    Nicene creed
    Nicene creed was this group of bishops that helped maintain Christianity as the oficial religion and as we know it now
  • 330

    Foundation of Constantinople

    Foundation of Constantinople
    Constantine founded in the is year a city called Constantinople on a Greek colony called Byzantium now a day Instanbul
  • 337

    Constantine dies

    Constantine dies
    Died in 337 AD
  • 347

    Theodosius is born

    Theodosius is born
    Born in 347
  • Period: 347 to 395

    Theodosius I

    Born January,11,347 in Cacua, Galicia (Now Spain)
    Died January 26,395 in Constantinople
  • 358

    Paganism and Arianism

    Paganism and Arianism
    In this time Theodosius had to fight against two religions that tried to take over Christianity Paganism and Arianism. Paganism already existed as the principal religion of the roman empire and Theodosius thought the the the East part of the empire was better civilized than the West so he suppressed Paganism and Arianism and made Christianity survive
  • 395

    Theodosius dies

    Theodosius dies
    Died at 395
  • Period: 497 to 548

    Theodora

    Born in Cyprus in 497
    Died in Constantinople in 548
    She ruled with her husband Justinian between 527 and 548.
    She was one of the first women to recognize women human rights
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Justinian I reign and facts

    Born May 11, 482 AD, Tauresiu

    Died November 14, 565 AD, Constantinople
  • 529

    Justinian codex

    Justinian codex
    Means "Body of Civil Law".The works did not constitute a new legal law, but they provided basically two references of works containing the past laws and opinions of the great Roman jurists
  • 532

    Nika Riots

    Nika Riots
    Nika riots were this group of people that started to revolt against Justinian so Justinian lied to them and took the to a coliseum ant took down all of them
  • 537

    Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia
    After defeating and killing the Nika Riots Justinian decided that it would be good to maintain his people to his side. So he built the Hagia Sophia a christian church back then but now a days a Mosque
  • Period: 610 to 641

    Heraclius

    Born 575
    Died 641
    Heraclius strengthen the military for the battles. He tried to solve the conflict between the two sides of the church, but the east empire was lost
  • 620

    Greek

    Greek
    Heraclius changed the empire official language from Latin to Greek
  • Period: 797 to 802

    Irene of Athens

    Born 752 in Athens. Died 802 in Constantinople.
    Married Leo IV and had a child named Constantine VI.
    He grew to overthrew her but she was strong and kept the power of the throne
  • Period: 957 to 1025

    Basil II

    He increased the domestic authority by attaching both the powerful interests of the military, aristocracy and the church. He is also known by being one of the most strict emperors
  • Period: 986 to 1014

    War against Bulgars

    In the first battle the Byzantines lost and even 20 years later Basil II waited for the moment and attacked the Bulgar's, this time he won. He blinded almost all the Bulgar army and let 1 every 100 man with one eye to lead the blinded soldiers back to Bulgaria.
  • 1014

    War against Bulgars

    War against Bulgars
    In the first battle the Byzantines lost and even 20 years later Basil II waited for the moment and attacked the Bulgar's, this time he won. He blinded almost all the Bulgar army and let 1 every 100 man with one eye to lead the blinded soldiers back to Bulgaria.
  • Period: 1042 to 1050

    Zoe Porphyrogenita

    She was born in Constantinople in 978 and was made empress the day she was born. Her sister was called Theodora another empress but Zoe hated her.