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306
Constantine the Great
• Humble beginnings
• Emperor’s son
• Became emperor in 306 CE
• Killed the emperors, Maxentius and Licinus
• What he promised to the empire was a lie
• He saw a sign of Christianity and made it the main religion in his area
• Made the Edict of Milan
• Unified the empire
• Fausta ( Constantine’s 2 wife) wanted more power for her sons and lied about Constantine’s son, Crispos, doing inappropriate things with her and killed his son and his 2nd wife -
Period: 306 to
Constantine
• Humble beginnings
• Emperor’s son
• Became emperor in 306 CE
• Killed the emperors, Maxentius and Licinus
• What he promised to the empire was a lie
• He saw a sign of Christianity and made it the main religion in his area
• Made the Edict of Milan
• Unified the empire
• Fausta ( Constantine’s 2 wife) wanted more power for her sons and lied about Constantine’s son, Crispos, doing inappropriate things with her and killed his son and his 2nd wife -
379
Theodosis I
Last Roman emperor
Emperor of the east
Build churches and religious temples
379-395 was his reign
There were 2 civil wars in which he participated
Revived the council of Nicea
Had a coin with his face on it
Was a bishop -
Period: 780 to 790
Irene
born in 752 in Athens
died on August 9, 803 in Lesbos.
January of 792, Irene joined the court again became co-ruler with her son.
Irene recognized emperor and not empress for five years.
In 802 she planned on marrying the western emperor, Charlemagne.
This planned sabotaged by a group of official and generals they exiled her to Prinkipo and placed Nicephorus, on the thorne. -
976
Basil II
Son of Romanus
Co emperor with his brother, Constantine
Finished the revolt of the aristocrats
His revenge was to blind every 99 bulgars and keep 1 (of the 100) bulgars with one eye to lead the way
He made a weapon called the “Trebuchet” which is a weapon to throw big rocks and destroy more -
1043
Zoe
Born in 978
Died 1050
Ruled from 1048-1050
1028 became an empress but by poisoning her husband
Married multiple times
Ruled with Theodora and her husband, the emperor, Constantine
Jealous of Theodora
Zoe banishes Theodora