Editing Anastasius I Dicorus (section)

== Domestic and ecclesiastical policies ==
[[File:Byzantine Dardanelles Customs Law.JPG|thumb|Law of Anastasius regulating passage through [[Dardanelles]]' customs.]]
Anastasius was a convinced [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]], but his ecclesiastical policy was moderate. He endeavoured to maintain the principle of the [[Henotikon]] of Zeno and the peace of the church.<ref name="EB1911"/> Yet, in 512, perhaps emboldened after his military success against the Persians, Anastasius deposed the [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of [[Chalcedon]] and replaced him with a Monophysite. That violated his agreement with the Patriarch of Constantinople and precipitated riots in Chalcedon.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, the general [[Vitalian (general)|Vitalian]] started a rebellion, quickly defeated an imperial army and marched on Constantinople.<ref name=":0" /> With the army closing in, Anastasius gave Vitalian the title of [[Magister militum#Per Thracias|Commander of the Army of Thrace]] and began communicating with the Pope on a potential end to the [[Acacian schism]].<ref name=":0" /> Two years later, General [[Marinus (praetorian prefect)|Marinus]] attacked Vitalian and forced him and his troops to the northern part of Thrace. After the conclusion of the conflict, Anastasius had undisputed control of the empire until his death in 518.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=A Concise History of Byzantium|last=Treadgold|first=Warren|publisher=Palgrave|year=2001|isbn=978-0-333-71830-8|location=Houndmills, Hampshire|pages=[https://archive.org/details/concisehistoryof00warr/page/56 56]|url=https://archive.org/details/concisehistoryof00warr/page/56}}</ref>