iz8 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



jftantinople by Mahomet II. in the year 1453 ; 

 after the death of whom, this formidable empire 

 patted under the dominion of the Ottomans. 

 This firft period of the hiftory of the Eaftern em- 

 pire defcends therefore from Arcadius to Nice- 

 phorus Logothata, the 29th emperor, who was 

 elected by the army after the death of Irene, in 

 the year 802 of the Chriftian era, and to that 

 period, this hiftory belongs to the middle age. 

 The fecond period begins with that emperor, 

 and ends with the taking of Conftantinople. It 

 comprehends the fuccefiive reigns of fortyeight 

 emperors, to Conftantine Palseologus, during 

 641 years. This laft period makes, properly, 

 part of modern hiftory, and may be very well 

 ranged under that divifion. But that we may 

 not interrupt the regular feries, by being obliged 

 to recur to it in the fucceeding chapter, which 

 will be otherwife fufficiently long, we fhall here 

 bring it to a conclufion. 



VI. The firft period of the hiftory of the 

 Eaftern empire, which belongs to the middle 

 age, comprehends therefore the following reigns ; 



Y. M. D. 



1. Arcadius, who reigned - 13 3 i$ 



2. Theodofius II. - 42 2 28 



3. Marcian - - -660 



J Leo - -1700 



t Leo II. called the younger, reigned only i o o 



5. Zen o, of I fauna, - 17 o o 



6. Anaftafius, of Dyrrachium or Dicorus - 27 3 3 



7. Juftin - - - 9 o 23 



8. Jut 



