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337 BCE
Constantine The Great
He was the first Christian Emperor. He founded the city of Constantinople. He was born in February 272 AD and died in May 337 AD. He was a Roman Emperor who ruled between 306 and 337 AD. -
395
Theodosius I
He was born in January 347 and he died in January 395. He was also known as Theodosius The Great. He was a Roman Emperor from 379 to 395. He established Christianity as the official religion of the Empire. -
527
Theodora
Theodora was born in 500 and died in 548. She is considered as a Saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Some people consider her as co Emperor with her husband Justinian I. -
565
Justinian I
Justinian was born in 482 and died in 565. He was a Roman Emperor from 527 to 565. He revived the empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire. -
641
Heraclius
He decided that Greek was going to be the Byzantine Empire's official language. Before that the official language was Latin. He was born in 575 and died in 641. He ruled from 610 to 641. -
802
Irene
She is also known as Irene of Athens. She was born in 752 and died in 803 AD. She was an empress of the Byzantine Empire from 797 to 802. First she was a empress consort. -
1025
Basil II
Basil II was born in 958 and he died in 1025. He was a as a Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian Dynasty. He ruled for almost 50 years. From January 976 to December 1025. He left the Empire with its greatest expanse in four centuries. -
1042
Zoe
Zoe Porphyrogenita was born in 978 and died in 1050. She lived a life of relative obscurity until her uncle who was the Emperor died and Zoe was the only one left to become Emperor of Rome. Zoë held actual power for only two months between in 1042
