Anastasius I
Anastasius I: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (491-518).
Names:
- c.431: Flavius Anastasius
- 11 April 491: Augustus Anastasius
- 1 July 518: natural death
Successor of: Zeno I
Relatives:
- married to: Ariadne
Main deeds:
- 491 Ariadne, widow of Zeno, appoints Anastasius, and marries him six weeks later
- Laisez-faire towards monophysitism
- The Ghassanids recognized as Roman ally along the Syrian border
- 492 Consul (with Flavius Rufus)
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Anastasius' Passage Law from Abydus - 497 Consul II
- 498 In the Sasanian Empire, the reign of Kavad is resumed; Anastasius abolishes the hated artistans' and merchants' tax
- 507 Consul III (with Venantius Junior)
- 517 Barbarian invasion; checked at Thermopylae
- 518 Natural death
Buildings: Open cistern of St. Mocius
Succeeded by: Justin I