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Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise (Greek: Λέων ὁ Σοφός, romanized: Léōn ho Sophós, 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (although his parentage is unclear), he was very well read, leading to his epithet .
Illustration by Georgios Klontzas from a bilingual Greek–Latin manuscript made in 1577 (now Bodleian, MS Barocci 170) The Oracles of Leo the Wise (Greek Tou sophōtatou basileōs Leontos chrēsmoi; Latin Oracula Leonis or Vaticinia Leonis) is a Greek collection of oracles attributed to the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise (886–912).
The Tactica (Greek: Τακτικά) is a military treatise written by or on behalf of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise in c. 895–908, [1] and later edited by his son, Constantine VII. [2] Drawing on earlier authors such as Aelian , Onasander and the Strategikon of emperor Maurice , [ 2 ] it is one of the major works on Byzantine military ...
Leo VI "the Wise" Λέων: 29 August 886 – 11 May 912 (25 years, 8 months and 12 days) Born on 19 September 866, either the legitimate son of Basil I or the illegitimate son of Michael III. Co-emperor since 6 January 870. Leo was known for his erudition.
The Klētorologion of Philotheos (Greek: Κλητορολόγιον) is the longest and most important of the Byzantine lists of offices and court precedence (). [1] It was published in September 899 during the reign of Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912) by the otherwise unknown prōtospatharios and atriklinēs Philotheos.
Euthymius I Syncellus (Greek: Εὐθύμιος ὁ Σύγκελλος, c. 834 – 5 August 917) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 907 to 912. A monk since his youth, he became spiritual father of the future emperor Leo VI the Wise, and was raised by him to the high ecclesiastical office of syncellus.
emperor of the Romans 867–886: Maria: Romanos I Lekapenos emperor of the Romans 920–944: 1. Theophano Martinakia 2. Zoe Zaoutzaina 3. Eudokia Baïana 4. Zoe Karbonopsina: Leo VI the Wise emperor of the Romans 886–912: Stephen I Patriarch of Constantinople 886–893: Alexander emperor of the Romans 912–913: Christopher Lekapenos co ...
Leo VI (or Leon VI, notably in Greek) may refer to : Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor 886 to 912; Pope Leo VI, 928 to 929; King Leo VI of Armenia (1342 – 1393), of the House of Lusignan, last Latin king of the Armenian crusader Kingdom of Cilicia (in Anatolia)