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The Re-Conquest of Africa (AD 533)

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:36:40 +0000

by Gary Julian It is as if there is a “code of silence” among Historians in general, and Military Historians in particular, on the career of Count Belisarius of the Eastern ...

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The Persian Wars of Heraclius

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:18:16 +0000

by Kurs In this article, I will try to throw some light on the Persian campaigns of the emperor Heraclius (who reigned AD 610 – 641), which in most historical ...

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The Sack of Constantinople

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:40:16 +0000

The Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders in AD 1203/1204 Background of the Fourth Crusade In the years from 1201 to 1202 the Fourth Crusade, sanctioned by pope Innocent III, ...

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Emperor Basiliscus

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:26:56 +0000

Life: AD ? – 476 Became emperor AD 475. Wife: Aelia Zenonis (three sons; Marcus, Leo, Zeno). Died AD 476. Basiliscus was the brother of Aelia Verina and hence emperor ...

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Emperor Zeno

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:24:17 +0000

Life: AD ? – 491 Name: Tarasikodissa Born in Rosoumblada in Isauria (Asia Minor). Consul AD 469. Became emperor 9 February AD 474. Wife: (1) Arcadia, (2) Aelia Ariadne. Died ...

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Emperor Leo the Great

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:19:52 +0000

Life: AD 401 – 474 Name: Flavius Leo Born in AD 401. Became emperor March AD 457. Wife: Aelia Verina (two daughters; (1) Aelia Ariadne, (2) Leontia). Died at Constantinople, ...

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Emperor Marcian

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:16:17 +0000

Life: AD 392 – 457 Name: Marcianus Born in AD 392. Became emperor March AD 450. Died at Constantinople, AD 457. Marcian was born in AD 392, the son of ...

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Emperor Theodosius II

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:13:51 +0000

Life: AD 408 – 450 Name: Flavius Theodosius Born AD 401. Became emperor January AD 408. Wife: Aelia Eudocia; (one daughter; Licinia Eudoxia) Died at Constantinople, AD 450. Theodosius II ...

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Emperor Arcadius

Franco Cavazzi — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:05:20 +0000

Life: AD c. 377 – 408 Name: Flavius Arcadius Born AD ca. 377 in Spain. Became emperor January AD 395. Wife: Aelia Eudoxia; (one son Theodosius) Died at Constantinople, AD ...

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Constantinople

Franco Cavazzi — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:28:01 +0000

Period: AD 326 – 1453 Byzantium had first been reconstructed in the time of Septimius Severus not just as a Roman city, but modelled on Rome itself, on and around ...

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