# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anastasius-i-dicorus
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:58.839Z

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name: "Anastasius I Dicorus"
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description: "He walked into power at 61, a bureaucrat chosen by his predecessor's widow, and quietly rebuilt the Roman Empire's finances so thoroughly that the money and systems outlasted him by centuries."
tagline: "Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518"
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birthDate: "430"
deathDate: "0518-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Anastasius I Dicorus came to the Eastern Roman throne in 491 after a career in civil service, selected by Ariadne following the death of her husband Zeno. Born around 431, he spent his reign reforming the empire's government, finances, economy, and bureaucracy — unglamorous work that produced a stable administration, a reinvigorated monetary system, and a budget surplus large enough to fund the ambitions of successors like Justinian I. His personal faith as a Monophysite Christian put him at odds with a fracturing empire increasingly split along religious fault lines. When he died on 9 July 518, he was the last non-Chalcedonian to rule Byzantium, but the structures he left behind shaped the empire for centuries.