430s Births - 430 Births, 433 Births, 435 Births, 436 Births, 437 Births, 439 Births, Odoacer, Julius Nepos, Anastasius I, Sidonius (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: 430 births, 433 births, 435 births, 436 births, 437 births, 439 births, Odoacer, Julius Nepos, Anastasius I, Sidonius Apollinaris, Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song, Emperor Ming of Liu Song, Saint Remigius, Sabbas the Sanctified, Empress Wang Zhenfeng, Syagrius, Liu Bing, Princess Eudocia, Saint Mitre. Excerpt: Anastasius I Flavius Anastasius (Greek: ) or Anastasius I ( A, c . 430 July 518) was Byzantine Emperor from 11 April 491 until his death in 518.Background and personal characteristics Anastasius was born at Dyrrhachium; the date is unknown, but he is thought to have been born no later than 430 or 431. He was a son of Pompeius (born c . 410), Nobleman of Dyrrachium, and wife Anastasia Constantina (born c . 410). His mother was an Arian, sister of Clearchus, also an Arian, and a paternal granddaughter of ... Gallus (born c . 370), son of Anastasia (born c . 352) and husband, in turn daughter of Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus and wife and cousin Constantina . Anastasius had one eye black and one eye blue (heterochromia ), and for that reason he was nicknamed Dicorus (Greek: , "two-pupiled ").Accession At the time of the death of Zeno (491), Anastasius, a palace official (silentiarius ), held a very high character, and was raised to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire by Ariadne, Zeno's widow, who preferred him to Zeno's brother, Longinus .Ariadne married him shortly after his accession on 20 May 491. His reign, though afterwards disturbed by foreign and internecine wars and religious distractions, commenced auspiciously. He gained the popular favour by a judicious remission of taxation, and displayed great vigour and energy in administering the affairs of the empire.Foreign policy and wars The principal wars in which Anastasius was engaged were the Isaurian War and the War with Persia .The former, ...