Conquered Britain
Conquered Dacia and Mesopotamia, built a new forum
Regained the western empire and the eastern empire from the Gallic Empire and Palmyra, effectively ending the crisis of the third century
Defeating Otho earned him the opportunity to be deposed by Vespasian
Put Khusru II on the Persian throne; created the 'exarchate' system; credited with writing the Strategikon
Compiled all existing Roman laws (without revising them) and built impregnable walls of Constantinople
Compiled and revised Roman laws, built the Hagia Sophia, and reconquered Africa and Italy
Tried to create a stable system for transferring power from senior emperors to junior emperors in the Tetrarchy
Created a mobile cavalry force stationed at Milan in response to the Crisis of the Third Century
According to legend, he made a swell footstool for the Sassanian emperor Shapur
According to legend, his skull made a swell goblet for Khan Krum of the Bulgars
Retrenched Rome’s defenses, abandoned Mesopotamia, toured all the provinces, and built a wall in the middle of an island
Skirmished successfully with the Arabs and Bulgars; tried to remove icons; rebuilt the aqueduct of Valens; earned the epithet 'the dung-named'
Lost the Eastern provinces to the Persians, regained the lost provinces, and then lost them to the Arabs
Ruled effectively over a peaceful empire while grooming Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
Lost a giant fleet trying to reconquer Africa
Reconquered Crete, Cyprus, and Cilicia in the 960s, wrote a major treatise on tactics, and attempted to reduce the Church's wealth
Celebrated the secular games to mark Rome’s 1000th anniversary
Created the Principate, sponsored Vergil, conquered Egypt, and outlived everybody
Apparently, he slew a lot of Bulgars
Built the great fortress of Dara and still left a full treasury for Justinian I to spend
Stabilized the Empire after the Year of Four Emperors, built the Colloseum, and taxed urine
Granted citizenship to all free men in the Empire, but was still described by Gibbon as “the common enemy of all mankind”
Used Greek fire to fend off the Caliphate’s siege of Constantinople in 717, issued law code in Greek
Wrote the Meditations, fended off the Marcomanni, and let his son inherit the Empire
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