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Anastasius I Dicorus

c. 430–518 · 5th century · Also known as Anastasius I

Anastasius I was emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 491 to 518. A palace official chosen by the widowed empress Ariadne, he reformed the coinage and taxation, leaving a large surplus in the treasury, and fought a war with Persia from 502 to 506. His sympathy for Miaphysite views provoked revolts, and his treaty of around 502 made the Ghassanids the empire's leading Arab allies.

Anastasius I Dicorus
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