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491 CE - 518 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I introduces the copper follis coin (288 are worth one gold nomisma).
491 CE - 518 CE: Reign of Byzantine emperor Anastasios I.
492 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I banishes the Isaurians from Constantinople.
493 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I builds the Long Wall in Thrace to protect Constantinople.
497 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I recognises Theodoric as the King of Italy.
498 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I abolishes the chrysargyron, an unpopular tax on business transactions.
504 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I retakes the fortress of Amida on the Persian frontier.
505 CE - 507 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I builds a new fortress at Anastasiopolis (Dara) on the frontier with Persia.
506 CE: A peace treaty is signed between the Byzantine Empire and the Persians.
507 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I sends Clovis I, the king of the Franks in Gaul, a fleet to aid his war with the Ostrogoths.
513 CE - 515 CE: Vitalian leads a revolt in Byzantine
Thrace.
518 CE: Byzantine emperor Anastasios I dies of natural causes.