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  • In 1438 he accompanied the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus ... In 1438, Plethon accompanied Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus ...
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  • war of 913–927. In the summer the Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos ... During his short reign the Byzantine emperor Alexander (r. 912–913 ...
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  • monarchy, raised to the rank of Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800 C ... to be himself dismissed by the new Byzantine Emperor, Basil the Macedonian ...
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  • Metochites (1270 – 1332) was a Byzantine statesman, author, gentleman ... commentary on Aristotle from the late Byzantine period, as well as original ...
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  • Theodora (c. 500 – June 28, 548) was empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Along with her husband, she is a ...
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  • when the Empress Theodora, the wife of Emperor Justinian I exiled Pope ... He then became embroiled directly with the emperor himself in the ...
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  • being caught in the struggle between the Byzantine Empire and the "barbarian ... him as the victim of the intrigues of the Byzantine empress Theodora, who arranged ...
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  • been allowed to settle in Byzantium by its emperor Heraclius after their victory ... At first heavily dependent on the Byzantine Empire as its tributary ...
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  • appeared and gained acceptance in the Byzantine court. In 726 C.E., in ... in response to the edict by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III, banning the ...
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  • The murder of Emperor Michael III resulted in Photius' banishment ... #039; position weakened after the young Emperor Michael III and Bardas removed ...
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  • with Anna, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II. He then ordered ... conversion. In this version, the Byzantine emperor Basil II faced a revolt ...
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  • dispute. Acacius and the eastern emperor Zeno soon created an accommodation ... quot; advance. Since the murder of Emperor Valentinian III (455), there ...
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  • first defeated him then crushed a large Byzantine army sent to restore order ... Stefan ruled until 1168 when the Byzantine Emperor countered, sending ...
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  • the Assyrian Church of the East from the Byzantine Church. ... to the Persian city Nisibis when the Byzantine emperor closed it for its Nestorian ...
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  • of Constantine in 325 C.E. The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great built ... at present, by the command of the Emperor Constantine, has been built ...
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  • enough militarily to offer support to the Byzantine Empire despite being subject ... attacked the Bulgarian Empire and defeated Emperor Simeon I, forcing him to ...
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  • the death of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor, but also the strategic ... the Pope and other western rulers as Byzantine emperor in exile, until 1503 ...
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  • 004.jpg|thumb|left|Justinian I, Byzantine emperor and an important saint ... Pope Felix III. Acacius advised the Byzantine Emperor Zeno, in an effort ...
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  • He waged the Gothic War against the Byzantine Empire for the mastery ... his cousin Eraric in 541. The official Byzantine position, adopted by Procopius ...
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  • to the throne. The advance of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos ... was married off to the future Byzantine Emperor Andronikos IV Palaiologos ...
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  • and in the classical, Hellenistic, and Byzantine periods it was known as ... Ankara as Turkish territory in 1073. Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos ...
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  • " plural templa) is a feature of Byzantine architecture that first ... possible source. At certain times during Byzantine history, theater heavily ...
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  • 431. In 435 an edict by his former patron, Emperor Theodosius II, exiled Nestorius ... walls of Antioch when he was chosen by the Emperor Theodosius II to succeed ...
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  • Byzantine historians distinguish two sorts of emperors: those who won power through a coup and those "born to the purple." Those in ...
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  • Evidence indicates that resulting from the suggestion of Emperor Heraclius ... to an end only after the last Monothelite Emperor, Philippicus Bardanes, was ...
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  • Theodore of Studium (759-826 C.E.), was a Byzantine monk and abbot of the Stoudios ... party during the first period of Byzantine iconcolasm. There is, however ...
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  • Egypt. The monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian I between 527 ... The monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian I between 527 ...
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  • city's most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus. ... son, Lucius Septimius Severus, became emperor. He favored his hometown ...
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  • mostly Eastern church leaders convened by Emperor Justinian I from May 5 to ... Vigilius had long resisted the emperor's policy, but after ...
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  • was named Michael after his godfather, Emperor Michael III. ... and at Varna. There he is called with the Byzantine title "Archon of Bulgaria ...
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  • This appointed the Popes to be successors to the Roman Emperor in ... who would become the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 C.E. under Pope Leo ...
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  • purchase peace: through the mediation of Emperor Charles IV, he removed his ... Queen Joan I of Naples and of the Byzantine emperor John V Palaeologus ...
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  • persecution of the Christian church by Emperor Diocletian in 303-305 C ... persecution of the Christian church under Emperor Diocletian. On February ...
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  • Constantinople to seek aid from the Byzantine emperor Tiberius II. This ally ... the confirmation of the election by the emperor, Tiberius II, in Constantinople ...
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  • According to Robin Cormack, almost every Byzantine church contained a representation ... century Doge Leonardo Montaldo by the Byzantine Emperor John V Palaeologus. ...
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  • developed in the Near East, spread to the Byzantine Empire, and from there ... Cloisonné first developed in the Near East, spread to the Byzantine ...
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  • Charlemagne (Karl der Grosse in German), the first Holy Roman Emperor ... by Odo of Metz. He based it on the Byzantine church of San Vitale (completed ...
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  • November 13, 565 C.E.) was Eastern Roman emperor from August 1, 527 until ... title=Byzantine Emperor | years=527–565 |regent1=Justin I |years1=527 ...
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  • a civil servant and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610-641 ... 0-8153-1663-1). Maximus was born into Byzantine nobility, as indicated ...
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  • eastern bishops in the capital of the Byzantine Empire from 680-81, dealing ... opposing Monothelitism during the reign of Emperor Constans II. ...
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  • Theodemir had concluded with the Byzantine Emperor Leo. ... arose with his Roman subjects and the Byzantine emperor Justin I over the Arianism ...
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  • Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople and Emperor Zeno sought to reconcile ... was condemned as a heretic. However, Emperor Theodosius II and Patriarch ...
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  • === Roman and Byzantine periods === [[Image:BethlehemInsideCN.jpg|right ... Helena, the mother of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, visited Bethlehem. ...
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  • The tension between depraved eunuchs in the service of the emperor ... * Narses (478-573) General of Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I, responsible ...
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  • of their friendly alliance. This the Emperor freely granted at the time ... minted golden coins in it. In 546 the Byzantine Empire allied themselves ...
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  • it was closed in 529 C.E. by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. ... In 529 C.E., the Byzantine emperor Justinian I closed the school in ...
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  • of the devastating wars between the Byzantine and Persian Empires of ... in the current situation. Thus, Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV provided ...
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  • ;"| Constantinople liberated by Byzantine emperor of Nicaea, Michael ... Mehmed II on May 29, 1453. The last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Paleologus ...
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  • was closed forever in 529 by the Christian emperor Justinian. ... Plato's Academy. In 529 the Christian emperor Justinian closed the Academy ...
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  • succession. He consolidated ties with the Byzantine Church, asking the Patriarch ... to his own father and raided the Byzantine Empire he preferred alliances ...
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  • Meanwhile, in 858, the Byzantine Emperor Michael III removed Patriarch ... At the Council of Florence in the fifteenth century, Byzantine Emperor ...
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  • |Antipope Laurentius || || 498–499 501–506 || Byzantine emperor ... || 997–998 || supported by Byzantine emperor Basil II || Pope Gregory V ...
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  • the Assyrian Church of the East from the Byzantine Church. ... Virgin Mary was the mother of God. In 435 Emperor Theodosius II issued an ...
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  • Eutyches (c. 380 – c. 456) was a Byzantine presbyter and archimandrite ... each other as heretics. The death of Emperor Theodosius II in 450 led ...
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  • France, and Spain and to the lands of the Byzantine Empire. Such activities ... His daughter, Eirene (the wife of the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos) is ...
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  • of the Mongol world, as well as to the Emperor of Ethiopia. He traveled ... he was commissioned in 1272 by the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos ...
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  • with a large army intent on punishing the emperor. He laid siege to Heraclea ... reached his palace in Baghdad when the emperor again refused to pay. Hārūn ...
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  • was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and, following its ... the time) styled himself as the next Roman emperor ("Kayser-i-Rum" ...
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  • a schism with Rome. The death of Emperor Theodosius II led to the ... intervened on Eutyches' behalf, and Emperor Theodosius II then convened ...
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  • the attacks of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. Stephen established ten ... Bulgaria, in alliance with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, and collected ...
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  • of the Rashidun Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in the year 636–637/38 ... Jerusalem was an important city of the Byzantine province of Palaestina ...
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  • His mother converted to Christianity at the court of Byzantine Emperor ... a Rus' detachment accompanied Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Phocas in ...
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  • rose to the position of Holy Roman Emperor and Empress. She was known ... power. After his marriage, a 16 year old Byzantine princess, however, Adelaide ...
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  • other uprisings and conflict with the Byzantine Empire but the caliphate ... It is said that, victorious over the Byzantine Emperor, Al-Ma'mun made ...
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  • as a presiding prince of Kartli under the Byzantine protectorate and bestowed ... own civil wars and the conflict with the Byzantine Empire. Although the harsh ...
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  • of Rome, who reigned over the city as the Emperor's representative, swore ... After the death of the Holy Roman emperor Henry VI in 1197 C.E., two ...
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  • out in 488, by commission from the Byzantine emperor Zeno, to recover Italy ... of power eventually led the Byzantine emperor to fear that Theodoric ...
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  • until this area was reclaimed by the Byzantine Empire. It is now divided ... == Byzantine Cimmerian Bosporus == A few centuries after the Hunnic ...
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  • the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Byzantine Emperor. However, the Emperors ... a powerful motive to respond to Byzantine emperor Alexius I's call ...
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  • in the first or third year of the reign of Emperor Claudius, i.e. 41 or 43 ... Saint Mark during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, a great multitude ...
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  • during which he preached before the Emperor Theodosius the Great. The ... works (Facund. viii.6), now wrote to the emperor (Ep. 71), that Diodore and ...
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  • The Henotikon (or "act of union") was a document issued by the Byzantine emperor Zeno in 482 in an attempt to reconcile the supporters ...
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  • the Huns were bargaining with Byzantine emperor Theodosius II's ... to weaken, or the troops that the new Byzantine emperor Marcian sent across ...
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  • as Valerian or Valerian I, was the Roman Emperor from 253 to 260. Valerian ... He held a number of offices before he was named Emperor by the army ...
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  • by greater powers—Roman, Vandal, Byzantine, Islamic, Hohenstaufen ... Byzantine Emperor Constans II decided to move from the capital Constantinople ...
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  • to the Great Library). In the same year Emperor Theodosius I published an ... The Suda, a tenth-century Byzantine Greek encyclopedia of the ancient ...
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  • the Chalcedonians (Western Catholics and Byzantine Orthodox, and Protestants). ... other bishops and also the support of the Emperor. During the fourth council ...
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  • marriages, and a continued opposition to Emperor Henry IV (1056–1105). ... II received an ambassador from the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos ...
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  • compelling tale of the life of the Roman emperor Claudius, a tale extended ... ability to adopt the voice of a Roman emperor in a way that is both believable ...
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  • world's most significant examples of Byzantine art, Orthodox icons, and ... near Krya Nera. During the reign of emperor Basil I the "Macedonian ...
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  • was one of the last representatives of Byzantine learning, and a strong ... philosophy before entering the service of emperor John VIII Palaeologus (1425 ...
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  • according to the Vita Cyrilli, the Byzantine Emperor Michael III claimed ... The second mission (860) requested by the Byzantine Emperor Michael ...
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  • Following his conversion to Christianity, Emperor Constantine ordered that ... Thirteen years later, in 628, the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius defeated ...
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  • The Byzantine emperor Basil II ruled at Constantinople during this ... each day she grew stronger. The overjoyed emperor and empress were filled ...
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  • Constantinople, is referred to as the Byzantine Empire after AD 476, the ... In politics, the presence of a Roman Emperor was felt to be desirable ...
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  • the other ecclesiastical. The Emperor Constantine I built a basilica ... Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, originally Emperor Justinian I's great ...
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  • practice continued by the Austro-Hungarian Emperor and the King of Spain up ... ===Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic=== The Eastern Orthodox ...
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  • Empire, but in 1143 both the Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus and ... Christian sources claim that the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos secretly ...
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  • controlled by Carthaginians, Vandals, the Byzantine Empire, and by the eight ... 1541, the king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sought to capture ...
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  • time after this mosaic was executed, the Emperor also began to be depicted ... Four Evangelists, and some other figures. Byzantine emperors and empresses ...
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  • was named for Augustus Caesar, first Roman emperor." ... Christians who were being targeted by the emperor. In one notable account ...
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  • influence at their doorstep, Roman Emperor Nero sent General Gnaeus ... and started a new war with the Roman emperor Trajan. Trajan marched towards ...
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  • ===Roman-Byzantine period=== The city passed formally to Roman jurisdiction ... King of Persia in 616. Although the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius recovered ...
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  • tribe to tribe until he was introduced to the Emperor, Justinian I. The Emperor provided assistance but is also rumored to have had al-Qays poisoned ...
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  • period of decline under the rule of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman ... role as a center of pagan learning: The Emperor Justinian closed the schools ...
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  • eventually spread throughout the Byzantine Empire. In addition to ... stylites) were a common sight throughout the Byzantine Levant. ...
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  • 18, 53 – August 9, 117) was Roman Emperor who reigned from 98, until ... its greatest territorial extent. As an emperor, Trajan's legacy proved ...
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  • on suspicion of having conspired with the Byzantine Empire. His legacy includes ... that he had been in communication with Emperor Justin I of Constantine ...
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  • founded in 849, by the regent Bardas of emperor Michael III, is generally ... Byzantine university refers to higher education during the era of ...
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  • his martyrdom at the hands of the Roman emperor Maximinus. ... According to the Suidas, a massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical ...
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