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Anthemius Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Explore the life and achievements of Anthemius through this engaging timeline game.

  • Test your knowledge of historical events
  • Challenge yourself to place events in the correct order
  • Learn more about the significant moments in Anthemius’s life
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  • 420 AD: Anthemius is born in 420 AD
  • 467 AD: Anthemius becomes the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  • 453 AD: Anthemius marries Marcia Euphemia
  • 467 AD: Anthemius is appointed as the Western Roman Emperor by Leo I
  • 468 AD: Anthemius launches a military campaign against the Vandals in North Africa
  • 469 AD: Anthemius allies with Theodoric II of the Visigoths against the Vandals
  • 472 AD: Anthemius is assassinated by Ricimer, a Germanic general
  • 472 AD: Anthemius is buried in the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
  • 472 AD: Anthemius' sons are executed by Ricimer
  • 472 AD: Anthemius' widow, Marcia Euphemia, is exiled to Jerusalem
  • 472 AD: Anthemius is succeeded by Olybrius as the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  • 467-472 AD: Anthemius' reign is considered a period of relative peace and stability in the Western Roman Empire
  • 450s-460s AD: Anthemius is a skilled mathematician and architect, known for his work on the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
  • 532-537 AD: Anthemius collaborates with Isidore of Miletus on the construction of the Hagia Sophia
  • 5th-6th century AD: Anthemius is praised for his engineering skills and innovative architectural designs
  • 5th-6th century AD: Anthemius' legacy lives on through his contributions to the Byzantine architecture and engineering
  • 5th-6th century AD: Anthemius' work on the Hagia Sophia influences later architectural styles in the Byzantine Empire
  • 5th-6th century AD: Anthemius' mathematical treatises and writings on geometry are studied and admired by later scholars
  • 5th-6th century AD: Anthemius' reputation as a talented mathematician and architect endures through the centuries
  • 5th-6th century AD: Anthemius' life and achievements are remembered and celebrated in historical and architectural circles

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