Sophia (empress)
Byzantine empress
7 dated entries naming Sophia (empress), drawn from 7 separate years between 530 CE and 601 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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6th century
- 530Sophia, Byzantine Empress (approximate date)source
- 566Justin II sends his cousin Justin to exile in Alexandria, where he is installed as Augustal prefect of Egypt. There he is murdered in his sleep, and his head is cut off and brought to Constantinople (most likely by assignment of Empress Sophia).source
- 568Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send the Cross of Justin II ("Vatican Cross") to Rome, to improve the relations with the Byzantine Empire.source
- 569Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send a relic of the "True Cross" to the Frankish princess Radegund, who has founded a monastery at Poitiers.source
- 574Winter – Empress Sophia and Tiberius agree to a one year truce with the Persians, at the cost of 45,000 solidi. The truce applies only to the Mesopotamian front; in the Caucasus, war continues.source
- 578October 5 – Emperor Justin II dies after several periods of insanity. On the advice of his wife Sophia, he has raised his general Tiberius to the rank of co-emperor (Caesar). From December 574 he has ruled jointly with Sophia, and now succeeds them as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.source
7th century
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- Byzantine Empire (2)
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- Constantinople (1)
- Alexandria (1)
- Diocese of Egypt (1)
- Caesar (title) (1)
- Tiberius II Constantine (1)
- Franks (1)
- Poitiers (1)
- True Cross (1)
- Mesopotamia (1)