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Friday, December 6, 2024
Leo VI the Wise, Part 2
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Emperor Leo VI (shown here in a mosaic at the Hagia Sophia , prostrate before Christ) interfered with the state religion, even though it mea...
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Leo VI the Wise, Part 1
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Emperor Leo VI (866 - 912) had a rocky relationship with his father, or did he? It all depends on whom you think his father was. In the reco...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Leo, Son of Basil
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As Byzantine Emperor Basil I (811 - 886) reached his later years, his mood and health declined. He was depressed at the death of his eldest ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Zoe Zaoutzaina, Consort
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Emperor Leo VI "the Wise" became Byzantine emperor in 886. He had married, in 883, the daughter of a dynasty that had been emperor...
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