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At the end of Basil II's reign, the Byzantine Empire had a population of approximately 12 million people. [149] Although they were beneficial, Basil's achievements were reversed very quickly. Many of the Georgian, Armenian and Fatimid campaigns were undone after the succession crisis and eventual civil war after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 ...
Ivan Vasilyevich Turchaninov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Турчанинов); December 24, 1822 – June 18, 1901) [1] [2] [3] better known by his Anglicised name of John Basil Turchin, was a member of the Russian nobility, a military intelligence Colonel in the Imperial Russian Army, and a personal staff officer to the future Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who emigrated in 1856 to ...
Basil II rushed back to Constantinople with 40,000 men. He gave his army 80,000 mules, one for each soldier and another for their equipment. [30] The first 17,000 men arrived at Aleppo with great speed, and the hopelessly outnumbered Fatimid army withdrew. Basil II pursued it south, sacking Emesa and reaching as far as Tripoli. [30]
John Basilone(November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corpsgunnery sergeantwho received the Medal of Honorfor actions during the Battle for Henderson Fieldin the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Crossposthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both ...
The Byzantine civil wars had weakened the Empire's position in the east, and the gains of Nikephoros II Phokas and John I Tzimiskes came close to being lost, with Aleppo besieged and Antioch under threat. Basil won several battles in Syria, relieving Aleppo, taking over the Orontes valley, and raiding further south.
MPD Police Officer. Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a runaway slave, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent and arguably thought of as the greatest deputy U.S. Marshal. He spoke and understood the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Creek.
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After the Byzantine plan to use Aaron to cause instability in Bulgaria failed, they tried to encourage the rightful heirs to the throne, [46] Boris II and Roman, to oppose Samuel. Basil II hoped that they would win the support of the nobles and isolate Samuel or perhaps even start a Bulgarian civil war. [47]