- This article deals with 4th century Roman Emperor. For other uses of the name, see Maximinus (disambiguation).
Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus (20 November, c. 270 - July/August, 313) Roman emperor from 308 to 313, was originally a peasant named Daia, born in the Danubian region, in the newly reorganised Roman province of Dacia Aureliana (together with Macedonia subordinated to the later Prefecture of Illyricum). He was the nephew of Galerius, being the son of his sister. Caesar (plural Caesars), Latin: Cæsar (plural Cæsares), is a title of imperial character. ...
Augustus (plural augusti) is Latin for majestic, the increaser, or venerable. The feminine form is Augusta. ...
Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered around its capital in Constantinople. ...
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A follis of Galerius as caesar The follis (plural folles) was a large bronze coin introduced in about 294 with the coinage reform of Diocletian. ...
Events May 1 - Diocletian and Maximian, emperors of Rome, retire from office. ...
Events November 11 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius Augustus, and rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar (junior emperor of Britain and Gaul) Births Deaths Categories: 308 ...
Caesar (plural Caesars), Latin: Cæsar (plural Cæsares), is a title of imperial character. ...
Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
Events While Constantine was campaigning against the Bructeri, Maximian attempted to make himself emperor at Arles. ...
Events October 28 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine defeats Maxentius in the fight to become emperor of Rome. ...
Augustus (plural augusti) is Latin for majestic, the increaser, or venerable. The feminine form is Augusta. ...
As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events Quintillus briefly holds power over the Roman Empire, and is succeeded by Aurelian Vandals and Sarmatians driven out of Roman territory Romans leave Utrecht after regular invasions of Germanic people. ...
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February - Wtf is up mah cracka??. Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, ending all persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. ...
Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...
Look up maximin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events Quintillus briefly holds power over the Roman Empire, and is succeeded by Aurelian Vandals and Sarmatians driven out of Roman territory Romans leave Utrecht after regular invasions of Germanic people. ...
February - Wtf is up mah cracka??. Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, ending all persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. ...
This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ...
Events November 11 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius Augustus, and rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar (junior emperor of Britain and Gaul) Births Deaths Categories: 308 ...
February - Wtf is up mah cracka??. Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, ending all persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. ...
Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, named by the ancient Greeks Getae, was a large district of Southeastern Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa, on the east by the Tyras or Nistru, now...
map of the praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, 318-379 AD The Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum (also termed simply the Prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four large prefectures (see Praetorian prefecture) into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. ...
Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
He rose to high distinction after he had joined the army, and in 305 he was adopted by his maternal uncle, Galerius, and raised to the rank of caesar, with the government of Syria and Aegyptus. Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
Caesar (plural Caesars), Latin: Cæsar (plural Cæsares), is a title of imperial character. ...
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In 308, after the elevation of Licinius to Augustus, Maximinus and Constantine were declared filii Augustorum ("sons of the Augusti"), but Maximinus probably started styling himself after Augustus during a campaign against the Sassanids in 310. Events November 11 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius Augustus, and rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar (junior emperor of Britain and Gaul) Births Deaths Categories: 308 ...
As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...
Augustus (plural augusti) is Latin for majestic or venerable. The feminine form is Augusta. ...
Bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Emperor in 306 For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). ...
The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Empire (Persian: á¹¢Äá¹£ÄnÄ«yÄn) is the name used for the fourth Iranian dynasty, and the second Persian Empire (226 - 651). ...
Events While Constantine was campaigning against the Bructeri, Maximian attempted to make himself emperor at Arles. ...
On the death of Galerius, in 311, Maximinus divided the Eastern Empire between Licinius and himself. When Licinius and Constantine began to make common cause with one another, Maximinus entered into a secret alliance with the usurper Caesar Maxentius, who controlled Italy. He came to an open rupture with Licinius in 313, sustained a crushing defeat at the Battle of Tzirallum, in the neighbourhood of Heraclea Pontica, on the April 30, and fled, first to Nicomedia and afterwards to Tarsus, where he died the following August. His death was variously ascribed "to despair, to poison, and to the divine justice".[citations needed] Events By Place Roman Empire May 5 - Galerius issues his Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in his part of the Roman Empire. ...
Bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Emperor in 306 For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). ...
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius ( 278-28 October 312) was Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312. ...
February - Wtf is up mah cracka??. Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, ending all persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. ...
The Battle of Tzirallum was fought in 313 between the armies of Licinius and Maximinus. ...
Heraclea Pontica (Greek: ÎÏάκλεια ΠονÏική; modern day Karadeniz EreÄli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey, on the Black Sea), an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. ...
April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ...
Nicomedia (modern İzmit, also known as Iznik) was founded by Nicomedes I of Bithynia at the head of the Gulf of Astacus (which opens on the Propontis) in 264 BC. The city has ever since been one of the chief towns in this part of Asia Minor. ...
Tarsus is a city in present day Turkey, on the mouth of the Tarsus Cay (Cydnus) into the Mediterranean. ...
Maximinus has a bad name in Christian annals, as having renewed persecution after the publication of the toleration edict of Galerius, but it is probable that he has been judged too harshly. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...
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Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
Bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Emperor in 306 For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). ...
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Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
Bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Emperor in 306 For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). ...
As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...
Bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Emperor in 306 For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). ...
As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...
This is a list of the Roman Emperors with the dates they ruled the Roman Empire. ...
The Principate is, according to its etymological derivation from the Latin word princeps, meaning chief or first, the political regime dominated by such a political leader, whether or not he is formally head of state and/or head of government. ...
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Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ...
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Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC â March 16 AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. ...
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31, 12 â January 24, 41), more commonly known by his nickname Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 to 41. ...
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Servius Sulpicius Galba (December 24, 3 BC â January 15, 69) was Roman Emperor from June 8, 68 until his death. ...
Emperor Otho. ...
Vitellius, Museo Nazionale della Civiltà Romana, Rome Aulus Vitellius Germanicus (September 24, 15âDecember 22, 69) was Roman Emperor from April 17 69 to December 22 of the same year, one of the emperors in the Year of the four emperors. He was the son of Lucius Vitellius, who had...
Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 17, 9âJune 23, 79), known originally as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and usually referred to in English as Vespasian, was emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. ...
For other uses, see Titus (disambiguation). ...
Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 â 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor of the gens Flavia. ...
For other uses, see Nerva (disambiguation). ...
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Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76 â July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English was Roman emperor from 117 â 138, as well as a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher. ...
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86âMarch 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus Armeniacus (December 15, 130 â 168), known simply as Lucius Verus, was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius (161â180), from 161 until his death. ...
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (August 31, 161âDecember 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192. ...
Publius Helvius Pertinax (August 1, 126 - March 28, 193) was Roman emperor for a short period in 193. ...
Didius Julianus Marcus Severus Didius Julianus (133â193) was emperor of the Roman Empire from 28 March until 1 June 193. ...
Lucius Septimius Severus (b. ...
Caracalla (April 4, 186 â April 8, 217) was Roman Emperor from 211 â 217. ...
Macrinus on an aureus. ...
A bust depicting Elagabalus. ...
Alexander Severus Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexandrus (October 1, 208- March 18?, 235), commonly called Alexander Severus, Roman emperor from 222 to 235, was born at Arca Caesarea in Palestine. ...
Emperor Maximinus Thrax, ruled 235-238, was the first of the emperors during the Crisis of the Third Century. ...
Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ...
For other uses, see number 284. ...
Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus (c. ...
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus ( 159 â April 12, 238), known in English as Gordian I, was Roman Emperor during the year 238. ...
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (around 192 - April 12, 238), known in English as Gordian II, was Roman emperor during the year of 238. ...
Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, born about 178, was an example of ascension in the Roman hierarchical system due to military success. ...
Pupienus Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus and Decius Caelius Calvinus Balbinus (both died on July 29, 238) were elected co_emperors by the Roman senate on April 22, 238 after the failure of Gordian I and Gordian II to defeat the usurper Maximinus Thrax. ...
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius (January 20, 225 - February 11, 244), known in English as Gordian III, was Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. ...
Marcus Julius Philippus (c. ...
Bust of Traianus Decius. ...
Trebonianus Gallus on a coin celebrating Aeternitas. ...
Aemilianus celebrating peace-maker Mars god of war. ...
Valerian on a coin celebrating goddess Fortuna, associated with health and wealth. ...
Gallienus depicted on a lead seal Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (218-268) ruled the Roman Empire as co-emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260, and then as the sole Roman Emperor from 260 to 268. ...
Claudius Gothicus on a coin celebrating his equity (AEQUITAS AUGUSTI). ...
Quintillus picture on a coin. ...
Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (September 9, 214â275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270â275), was the second of several highly successful soldier-emperors who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth. ...
Emperor Tacitus on a coin. ...
Hercules crowning Florianus. ...
This antoninianus minted under Probus (c. ...
Carus on a posthumous coin. ...
Numerian, on a coin as caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerianus (d. ...
Marcus Aurelius Carinus, Roman emperor, 283 - July, 285, was the elder son of the emperor Carus, on whose accession he was appointed governor of the western portion of the empire. ...
The Dominate was the despotic last of the two phases of government in the ancient Roman Empire between its establishment in 27 BC and the formal date of the collapse of the Western Empire in AD 476. ...
For other uses, see number 284. ...
Events After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. ...
Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (c. ...
Maximian Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius (c. ...
On the reverse of this argenteus struck in Antioch under Constantius Chlorus, the tetrarcs are sacrificing to celebrate a victory against the Sarmatians. ...
Galerius Maximianus ( 250â5 May 311), formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. ...
Flavius Valerius Severus as caesar. ...
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius ( 278-28 October 312) was Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312. ...
As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...
Bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Emperor in 306 For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). ...
Constantine II as caesar. ...
Flavius Julius Constans (320 - 350), was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 337 to 350. ...
Flavius Iulius Constantius, known in English as Constantius II, (7 August 317 - 3 November 361) was a Roman Emperor (337 - 361) of the Constantinian dynasty. ...
Flavius Claudius Iulianus (331âJune 26, 363), was a Roman Emperor (361â363) of the Constantinian dynasty. ...
This siliqua of Jovian, ca 363, celebrates his fifth year of reign, as a good omen. ...
Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, (321 - November 17, 375) was a Roman Emperor (364-375). ...
Solidus minted by Valens in 376. ...
A coin of Gratian. ...
A marble statue of Emperor Valentinian II, Aphrodisias Geyre (Aydin, Anatolia), 387â390. ...
Eugenius wearing imperial insigna, on a coin celebrateing the VIRTVS ROMANORVM, the (military) value of the Romans. Flavius Eugenius (d. ...
An engraving depicting what Theodosius may have looked like, ca. ...
This is a list of the Roman Emperors with the dates they ruled the Roman Empire. ...
Events Gao Zu succeeds Tai Zu as Emperor of the Later Qin Empire in China. ...
Events August - The usurper Basiliscus is deposed and Zeno is restored as Eastern Roman Emperor. ...
Bronze coin bearing the profile of Honorius Flavius Honorius (September 9, 384âAugust 15, 423) was Emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 395 until his death. ...
Costantius on a solidus. ...
Joannes, Roman Emperor (423 - 425) On the death of the Emperor Honorius (August 27, 423), Theodosius II, the remaining ruler of the House of Theodosius hesitated for some time in announcing his uncles death and in the interregum Honorius patrician at the time of his death, Castinus, elevated Joannes...
Solidus minted in Thessalonica to celebrate the marriage of Valentinian III to Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II. On the reverse, the three of them in wedding dresses. ...
Petronius Maximus on a coin. ...
Avitus on a tremissis. ...
Majorian on an bronze coin. ...
Libius Severus was a Western Roman Emperor. ...
Procopius Anthemius (c. ...
Anicius Olybrius, Western Roman Emperor (July 11 - October 23, 472), was a member of a noble family and a native of Rome. ...
Glycerius (c. ...
Julius Nepos on a coin. ...
This article is about the Roman Emperor. ...
This is a list of the Roman Emperors with the dates they ruled the Roman Empire. ...
Events By Place Roman Empire January 19 - Arcadius is elevated to Emperor. ...
April 2 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul). ...
Idealising bust of Arcadius in the Theodosian style combines elements of classicism with the new hieratic style (Istanbul Archaeology Museum) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arcadius For the Greek grammarian, see Arcadius of Antioch. ...
Theodosius II Flavius Theodosius II (April, 401 - July 28, 450 ). The eldest son of Eudoxia and Arcadius who at the age of 7 became the Roman Emperor of the East. ...
Pulcheria (January 19, 399 â 453) was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia. ...
Another but lesser Marcian was a son-in-law of Byzantine Emperor Leo I and his queen Verina. ...
Leo I coin. ...
Imperator Caesar Flavius Leo Augustus or Leo II (467- November 17, 474) served as Eastern Roman Emperor from January 18 to November 17, 474. ...
Flavius Zeno (c. ...
Flavius Basiliscus was a rival Byzantine Emperor 475 _ 476. ...
Flavius Anastasius. ...
Flavius Iustinus Augustus. ...
Justinian depicted on one of the famous mosaics of the Basilica of San Vitale. ...
Flavius Iustinus Iunior Augustus Flavius Iustinus Iunior Augustus or Justin The Divine (c. ...
Flavius Tiberius Constantinus Augustus or Tiberius II Constantine (c. ...
A solidus of Maurikios reign. ...
Phocas on a contemporary coin Flavius Phocas Augustus, Eastern Roman Emperor (reigned 602â610), is perhaps one of the most maligned figures to have held the Imperial title in the long history of Rome and Byzantium. ...
Heraclius and his sons Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas. ...
Roman coin depicting, on its face, Heraclius and his sons Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas Heraclius Constantine or Constantine III (May 3, 612 - April 20/24 or May 26, 641) was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudocia, and ruled as Emperor for four months...
Herakleios with his sons Constantine III and Heraklonas. ...
Constans and his son Constantine. ...
Mezezius also known as Mecetius, Bizantine usurper in Sicily from 668 to 669. ...
Constantine IV on a contemporary coin Constantine IV (649-685); sometimes incorrectly called Pogonatus, meaning the Bearded, like his father; was Byzantine emperor from 668-685. ...
Justinian II, known as Rhinotmetus (the Split-nosed) (669-711) was a Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian Dynasty, reigned from 685 to 695 and again from 704 to 711. ...
Leontios, showing the symbols of power: the crown, the globus cruciger, and the akakia. ...
Tiberius III, the German commander Apsimar. ...
Philippikos (FILIPICUS) coin, celebrating the victories of the emperor (VICTORIA AVGU). ...
Anastasios II kept his name, Artemios, also on his coinage; this solidus bears the legend APTEMIUS ANASTASIUS. Anastasios II or Anastasius II (Greek: ÎναÏÏάÏÎ¹Î¿Ï ÎÎ), (died 718), Byzantine emperor, from 713 to 715. ...
Theodosios III or Theodosius III (Greek: ÎεοδÏÏÎ¹Î¿Ï ÎÎ), was Byzantine Emperor from 715 to March 25, 717. ...
Leo the Isaurian and his son Constantine V. Leo III the Isaurian or the Syrian (Greek: ÎÎÏν ÎÎ, LeÅn III ), (c. ...
Constantine V Copronymus (The Dung-named) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. ...
Artavasdos (erroneously Artabasdos or Artabasdus), (Greek: ÎÏÏαÏαÏδοÏ, Artauasdos, from Armenian: Ô±ÖÕ¿Õ¡Õ¾Õ¡Õ¦Õ¤, Artavazd ), was Byzantine Emperor from June 741 or 742 until November 743. ...
Leo IV the Khazar (Greek: ÎÎÏν ÎÎ, LeÅn IV ), (January 25, 750 â September 8, 780), Byzantine Emperor from 775 to 780. ...
Constantine VI (Greek: ÎÏνÏÏανÏÎ¯Î½Î¿Ï Î£Î¤Î, KÅnstantinos VI; 771â797 or 805) was Byzantine Emperor from 780 to 797. ...
This solidus struck under Irene reports the legend bASILISSH, Basilissa. ...
Nikephoros I and his son and successor, Stauracius. ...
Staurakios on a coin issued by his father Nikephoros I. Staurakios or Stauracius (Greek: ΣÏαÏ
ÏάκιοÏ), (d. ...
Michael I on a contemporary coin Michael I Rangabe (Greek: ÎιÏαήλ ÎΠΡαγγαβÎ, MikhaÄl I Rangabe), (died January 11, 844) was Byzantine Emperor (811 - 813). ...
Contemporary coin of Leo V. Leo V, surnamed The Armenian (775 â December 24, 820), was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820, after first distinguishing himself as a general in the reigns of Nicephorus I and Michael I Rhangabes. ...
Michael II, called Psellus, the stammerer, or the Amorian (770-829) reigned as Byzantine emperor 820 - 829. ...
Theophilus, in the Chronicle of John Skylitzes Theophilos or Theophilus (Greek: ÎεÏÏιλοÏ), (813 â 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. ...
Theodora depicted as ruler on this coin, with her son Michael, nominally emperor, and her daughter Thecla on the reverse. ...
This coin struck during the regency of Theodora shows how Michael was less prominent than his mother, who is represented as ruler alone on the obverse, and even than his sister Thecla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse of this coin. ...
Basil, his son Constantine, and his second wife, emperess Eudoxia Ingerina. ...
This follis by Leo VI bears the Byzantine Emperors official title, BASILEOS ROMAION, Emperor of the Romans. ...
A Byzantine Mosaic portrait of Emperor Alexander (870 - 913) which was completed in the Emperors short reign. ...
Constantine and his mother Zoë. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) (Constantinople, 905 â November 9, 959 in Constantinople) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife Zoe Karvounopsina. ...
Contemporary coin of Romanus I. Romanos I Lekapenos or Romanus I Lecapenus (Greek: ΡÏμανÏÏ ÎÎ ÎακαÏήνοÏ, RÅmanos I LakapÄnos) (c. ...
Romanus II (939 - 963) succeeded his father Constantine VII as Byzantine emperor in 959 at the age of twenty-one, and died, poisoned, it was believed, by his wife, Theophanu in 963. ...
Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas Nikephoros II Phokas or Nicephorus II Phocas (Greek: ÎικηÏÏÏÎ¿Ï ÎΠΦÏκάÏ, NikÄphoros II PhÅkas), (c. ...
Ioannes, protected by God and the Virgin Mary. ...
Painting of Basil II, from an 11th century manuscript. ...
Constantine VIII (in Greek Konstantinos VIII, written Κωνσταντίνος Η) (960 – November 15, 1028), Byzantine emperor (December 15, 1025 – November 15, 1028) was the son of the Emperor Romanus II and the younger brother of the eminent Basil...
Empress Zoe as depicted in a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia Zoe (in Greek ÎÏή, meaning life), (c. ...
Romanus III. Romanos III Argyros or Romanus III Argyrus (Greek: ΡÏμανÏÏ ÎÎ ÎÏγÏ
ÏÏÏ, RÅmanos III Argyros), (968 â April 11, 1034) was Byzantine emperor (November 15, 1028 - April 11, 1034). ...
Michael IV (1010 â December 10, 1041), called the Paphlagonian (in Greek, ÎιÏαήλ ΠαÏλαγÏν, meaning from the province of Paphlagonia), was Byzantine emperor from April 11, 1034 to December 10, 1041. ...
Michael V Calaphates (1015 - August 24, 1042) (in Greek Μιχαήλ Καλαφάτης, meaning the caulker), was the nephew and successor as Byzantine emperor of Michael IV and adoptive son of his wife Zoë. His surname reflected the early...
Mosaic of Constantine IX and Empress Zoe Constantine IX Monomachus (c. ...
Theodora (in Greek Θεοδώρα, literally meaning Gift of God, lived 981 - August 31, 1056) ruled as Byzantine Empress from January 11, 1055 to August 31, 1056. ...
Michael VI Stratioticus, the warlike, was Byzantine emperor (1056 - 1057). ...
Isaac coin. ...
Constantine X Ducas (1006 - May, 1067) was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1059 - 1067). ...
Michael VII Ducas or Parapinakes, was the eldest son of Constantine X Ducas and Eudocia Macrembolitissa. ...
Diptych of Romanus and Eudocia Macrembolitissa. ...
Nicephorus Botaniates. ...
Emperor Alexios I Komnenos Emperor Alexios I Komnenos depicted in a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Alexios I Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus (Greek: ; Latin: ) (1048 â August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081â1118), was the son of John Komnenos and Anna Dalassena and the nephew of Isaac I...
John II Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï ÎÎ ÎομνηνÏÏ, IÅannÄs II KomnÄnos) (September 13, 1087 â April 8, 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. ...
Manuel I Komnenos, or Comnenus, (Greek: ÎανοÏ
ήλ Î ÎομνηνÏÏ, ManouÄl I KomnÄnos), November 28, 1118 â September 24, 1180), was a Byzantine Emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. ...
Alexios II Komnenos or Alexius II Comnenus (Greek: ÎλÎÏÎ¹Î¿Ï Îâ ÎομνηνÏÏ, Alexios II KomnÄnos) (September 10, 1169 â October 1183), Byzantine emperor (1180-1183), was the son of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch. ...
Billon trachy (a cup-shaped coin) of Andronikos I Komnenos (1183-1185) Andronikos I Komnenos or Andronicus I Comnenus (Greek: ÎνδÏÏÎ½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Îâ ÎομνηνÏÏ, Andronikos I KomnÄnos) (c. ...
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: ÎÏÎ±Î¬ÎºÎ¹Î¿Ï Îâ ÎγγελοÏ, Isaakios II Angelos) (September 1156 - January, 1204) was Byzantine emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. ...
Alexios III Angelos or Alexius III Angelus (Greek: ÎλÎÎ¾Î¹Î¿Ï Î ÎγγελοÏ) (c. ...
Emperor Alexios IV Alexios IV Angelos or Alexius IV Angelus (Greek: ÎλÎÎ¾Î¹Î¿Ï Î ÎγγελοÏ) (c. ...
Nikolaos Kanabos was elected Emperor of Byzantium on the 25. ...
Alexios V Doukas Mourtzouphlos or Alexius V Ducas Murtzuphlus (Greek: ÎλÎÎ¾Î¹Î¿Ï ÎÎ ÎοÏÎºÎ±Ï ÎοÏÏÏζοÏ
ÏλοÏ) (d. ...
Constantine Laskaris (Greek ÎÏνÏÏανÏÎ¯Î½Î¿Ï ÎάÏκαÏηÏ) was Byzantine emperor for a few months in 1204. ...
The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. ...
John III Doukas Vatatzes or Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï ÎÎ ÎοÏÎºÎ±Ï ÎαÏάÏζηÏ, IÅannÄs III Doukas BatatzÄs) (c. ...
Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Greek: ÎεÏδÏÏÎ¿Ï ÎÎ ÎοÏÎºÎ±Ï ÎάÏκαÏιÏ, TheodÅros II Doukas Laskaris) (1221/1222âAugust 18, 1258) was emperor of Nicaea, 1254â1258. ...
John IV Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Greek: ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï ÎÎ ÎοÏÎºÎ±Ï ÎάÏκαÏιÏ, IÅannÄs IV Doukas Laskaris), December 25, 1250 - c. ...
The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911) Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: ÎιÏαήλ ÎΠΠαλαιολÏγοÏ, MikhaÄl VIII Palaiologos) (1224/1225 â December 11, 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor 1259â1282. ...
Andronikos II Palaiologos or Andronicus II Palaeologus (Greek: ) (1259/1260 â February 13, 1332), reigned as Byzantine emperor 1282â1328. ...
Andronikos III Palaiologos or Andronicus III Palaeologus (Greek: ÎνδÏÏÎ½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Î Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹Î¿Î»ÏγοÏ) (March 25, 1297 - June 15, 1341) reigned as Byzantine emperor 1328â1341, after being rival emperor since 1321. ...
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: , IÅannÄs V Palaiologos), (1332 â February 16, 1391) was the son of Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and Anna of Savoy. ...
John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï Î£Î¤Î ÎανÏακοÏ
ζηνÏÏ, IÅannÄs VI KantakouzÄnos) (c. ...
Matthew Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: ÎαÏÎ¸Î±Î¯Î¿Ï ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î·Ï ÎανÏακοÏ
ζηνÏÏ, Matthaios AsanÄs KantakouzÄnos) (c. ...
Andronikos IV Palaiologos or Andronicus IV Palaeologus (Greek: ÎνδÏÏÎ½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Î Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹Î¿Î»ÏγοÏ) (April 2, 1348âJune 28, 1385), was Byzantine emperor from 1376 to 1379. ...
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Andronikos V Palaiologos or Andronicus V Palaeologus (Greek: ÎνδÏÏÎ½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Î Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹Î¿Î»ÏγοÏ) (c. ...
Emperor Manuel II Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: ÎανοÏ
ήλ ÎΠΠαλαιολÏγοÏ, ManouÄl II Palaiologos) (June 27, 1350 â July 21, 1425) was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425. ...
John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï Î Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹Î¿Î»ÏγοÏ, IÅannÄs VIII Palaiologos) (December 18 1392 â October 31, 1448), was Byzantine Emperor from 1425 to 1448. ...
Constantine XI: The last Byzantine emperor is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
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