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The principal wars in which Anastasius was engaged were those known as the Isaurian and the Persian. The former ( 492- 496) was stirred up by the supporters of Longinus, the brother of Zeno. The victory of Cotyaeum in 493 "broke the back" of the revolt, but guerrilla warfare continued in the Isaurian mountains for some years longer. In the war with Persia ( 502- 505Events Births Belisarius, Byzantine general (+ 565) Deaths 505.), Theodosiopolis and AmidaAmida can mean: Amida is the Japanese name of a popular Buddhist deity. Amida A beetle genus An alternative spelling of Amidah, the central prayer of the Jewish services. were captured by the enemy, but the Persian provinces also suffered severely and the Romans recovered Amida. Both adversaries were exhausted when peace was made ( 506Events Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo. Dara in Syria is fortified by Byzantine emperor Anastasius I as a frontier against Persia. The Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman law, is compiled. Births Deaths 506.) on the basis of status quo. Anastasius afterwards built the strong fortress of Daras to hold NisibisNisibis (Nusaybin, province Mardin, south-eastern Turkey) is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus against the Mol in check. The BalkanThe Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). The region has a combined area of 550,000 km² and a population of around 53 million. The countries of Albania, Bosnia provinces were devastated by invasions of Slavs and Bulgarians; to protect Constantinople and its vicinity against them he built the "Anastasian wall," extending from the Propontis to the Euxine.
The emperor was a convinced Monophysite, but his ecclesiastical policy was moderate; he endeavoured to maintain the principle of the Henotikon of Zeno and the peace of the church. It was the uncompromising attitude of the orthodox extremists, and the rebellious demonstrations of the Byzantine populace, that drove him in 512 to abandon this policy and adopt a monophysitic programme. His consequent unpopularity in the European provinces was utilized by an ambitious man, named Vitalian, to organize a dangerous rebellion, in which he was assisted by a horde of " Huns" ( 514- 515); it was finally suppressed by a naval victory won by the general Marinus. The financial policy of Anastasius was so prudent and economical that it gained him a reputation for avarice and contributed to his unpopularity.
There is a story about his choosing of a successor: Anastasius could not decide which of his three nephews should succeed him, so he put a message under a couch and had his nephews take seats in the room, which also had two other seats; he believed that the nephew to sit on the special couch would be his proper heir. However, two of his nephews sat on the same couch (one story has it that they were incestuous lovers), and the one with the concealed message remained empty. Then, after putting the matter to God in prayer, he determined that the first person to enter his room the next morning should be the next emperor, and that person was Justin, the chief of his guards. In fact, Anastasius probably never thought of Justin as a successor, but the issue was decided for him after his death.
| Preceded by Zeno | Byzantine Emperor ' | Succeeded by Justin I |
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
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