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Coronation of Basil as co-emperor, from the Madrid Skylitzes Coin of Nikephoros II (left) and Basil II (right) Basil II was born in 958. [ 3 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He was a porphyrogennetos ("born into the purple"), as were his father Romanos II [ 16 ] and his grandfather Constantine VII ; [ 17 ] this was the appellation used for children who were ...
This is a family tree of all the Eastern Roman Emperors who ruled in Constantinople. Most of the Eastern emperors were related in some form to their predecessors, sometimes by direct descent or by marriage. From the Doukid dynasty (1059) onwards all emperors are related to the same family. Dynasty names are given in capitals so that they can be ...
Basil was born into the wealthy Cappadocian Greek [10] family of Basil the Elder, [11] and Emmelia of Caesarea, in Cappadocia, around 330. He was one of ten children, and his parents were known for their piety. [12] His maternal grandfather was a Christian martyr, executed in the years prior to Constantine I's conversion.
Basil I, as depicted in the 12th century Madrid Skylitzes. The Macedonian dynasty (Greek: Μακεδονική Δυναστεία) ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, following the Amorian dynasty. During this period, the Byzantine state reached its greatest extent since the Early Muslim conquests, and the Macedonian Renaissance in ...
Emperor Basil II the Bulgar Slayer (976–1025). The traditional struggle with the See of Rome continued, spurred by the question of religious supremacy over the newly Christianized Bulgaria. This prompted an invasion by the mighty Tsar Simeon I in 894, but this was pushed back by Byzantine diplomacy, which called on the help of the Hungarians.
Three Holy Hierarchs. The Three Hierarchs (Ancient Greek: Οἱ Τρεῖς Ἱεράρχαι; Greek: Οι Τρεις Ιεράρχες) of Eastern Christianity refers to Basil the Great (also known as Basil of Caesarea), Gregory the Theologian (also known as Gregory of Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom. They were highly influential bishops of the ...
John I Tzimiskes (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Τζιμισκής, romanized: Iōánnēs ho Tzimiskēs; c. 925 – 10 January 976) was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976. An intuitive and successful general who married into the influential Skleros family, he strengthened and expanded the Byzantine Empire to include Thrace and Syria by ...
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