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306
Constantinople
He moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and changed its name to Constantinople -
Period: 306 to 337
Constantine the Great
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Period: 306 to 337
Churches
Constantine built a lot of churches during his reign -
312
Edict of Milan
Constantine made the Edict of Milan which was letter signed by Roman emperors that said they would have eligious toleration -
337
Baptized
Constantine was baptized before dying to remove all the bad things he did during his reign like killing his wife and son -
379
Father
He was son of the Eastern emperor Arcadius -
Period: 379 to 395
Theodosius the Great
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382
Gothic war
He settled the gothic war -
388
Christianity
Theodosius changed the official religion to Christianity -
Period: 527 to 565
Justinian I
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529
Justinian Code
He made the Justinian Code which were a set of laws proecting women and poor people -
532
Nika Riots
He suffered the Nika Riots, protestants complained about taxes. He resolved this by massacaring every protestant in the Hippodrome -
537
Hagia Sophia
Justinian built the Hagia Sophia which he made into a church -
Period: 610 to 641
Heraclius
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619
Corruption
Heraclius during his reign reduced corruption greatly -
628
Persians
He reconquered land from the Persians in 628 -
633
Arab Invasion
In 633, the Arab Invasion happened, where the Arabs wanted to spread the word of the prophet and captured Jerusalem -
797
Empress
She became the first empress in the Byzantine empire -
Period: 797 to 802
Irene
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801
Iconoclasm
Irene ended with iconoclasm which is the belief of destruction of images or monuments -
802
Constantine VI
During Irene's throne, Constantine tried to overtake her in the throne -
976
Rise to Power
He beat two other powerful people from other emperor´s family to rule. -
Period: 976 to 1025
Basil II
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1014
Nickname
His nickname was Bulgar Slayer because of all of the Bulgarian people he killed -
1018
Battle of Kleidion
The Battle of Kleidion was a battle which took place in 1014 between the Bulgars and the Byzantine Empire to destroy the Bulgarian Empire in which Basil succeeded -
Period: 1028 to 1050
Zoe I
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1042
Theodora
She was Zoe's sister which ruled with her -
1043
Hagia Sophia
Zoe made Hagia Sophia a mosque -
1050
Husbands
She had three husbands of which she killed one -
1050
Constantine IX
She also shared her throne with Constantine IX (husband) until her death
