[{"n": "Alexios I Komnenos", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/alexios-i-komnenos/", "s": "Byzantine emperor who sparked the First Crusade."}, {"n": "Anastasius I Dicorus", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/anastasius-i-dicorus/", "s": "Eastern Roman emperor who reformed finances and built lasting defenses."}, {"n": "Antoninus Pius", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/antoninus-pius/", "s": "Roman emperor whose reign was the most peaceful of the Principate."}, {"n": "Arcadius", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/arcadius/", "s": "Weak emperor dominated by ministers and his wife."}, {"n": "Aurelian", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/aurelian/", "s": "Restored the Roman Empire's territorial integrity through military victories."}, {"n": "Basil I", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/basil-i/", "s": "Byzantine emperor who founded the Macedonian dynasty and reformed law."}, {"n": "Caracalla", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/caracalla/", "s": "Roman emperor who granted citizenship to all free inhabitants."}, {"n": "Constans II", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constans-ii/", "s": "Byzantine emperor who visited Rome and faced Arab invasions."}, {"n": "Constantine IX Monomachos", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constantine-ix-monomachos/", "s": "Byzantine emperor whose reign saw the Great Schism and fiscal decline."}, {"n": "Constantine V", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constantine-v/", "s": "Byzantine emperor who strengthened borders and enforced iconoclast policies."}, {"n": "Constantine VII", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constantine-vii/", "s": "Byzantine emperor and scholar who compiled key historical and agronomic works."}, {"n": "Constantine VIII", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constantine-viii/", "s": "Longest-reigning de jure Byzantine emperor, whose sole rule saw decline."}, {"n": "Constantine XI Palaiologos", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constantine-xi-palaiologos/", "s": "Last Byzantine emperor, died defending Constantinople in 1453."}, {"n": "Constantius II", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/constantius-ii/", "s": "Roman emperor whose reign saw civil wars and religious strife."}, {"n": "Andreas Palaiologos", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/andreas-palaiologos/", "s": "Last prominent claimant to the Byzantine imperial throne."}, {"n": "Appius Claudius Caecus", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/appius-claudius-caecus/", "s": "First Roman public figure with historically traceable life."}, {"n": "Cato the Elder", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/cato-the-elder/", "s": "Roman soldier, senator, historian, and censor known for conservatism."}, {"n": "Cato the Younger", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/cato-the-younger/", "s": "Conservative senator who opposed Caesar and died for the Republic."}, {"n": "Catiline", "u": "/e/emperors-of-the-byzantine-and-roman-world/catiline/", "s": "Roman politician who led a failed coup in 63 BC."}]