Greetings all,
Today we commemorate the Emperor Anastasius I becoming Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire on April 11th in 491 AD:
Even
though he was in his 60's when he assumed the throne he
reigned long and well with many impressive achievements. Anastasius
reformed Byzantine coinage which greatly improved the economy and
Byzantine treasury, built the Chalke Gate in Constantinople, built the
amazing Anastasian wall across all of Thrace, and dredged a harbor which
was a project first suggested by Pliny the Elder centuries earlier.
One of my favorite Emperors... :)
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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