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Anastasius I

Anastasius I: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (491-518).

Anastasius I

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)
Anastasius' Passage Law from Abydus

496 In the Sasanian Empire, the reign of Kavad is interrupted by the reign of Zamasp
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