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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 .
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 ...
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 foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors (symbasileis) who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers ...
' with the Coal-Black Eyes ' (Greek: Ζωὴ Καρβωνοψίνα, romanized: Zōē Karbōnopsina), was an empress and regent of the Byzantine Empire. She was the fourth spouse of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise and the mother of Constantine VII, serving as his regent from 913 until 919. [1] [2]
Raiktor (1081) – an Eastern Orthodox monk who assumed the identity of Michael VII, and was used by the Norman Robert Guiscard to justify an attack on the Byzantine Empire. Constantine Humbertopoulos (1091) – of Norman descent, he was a mercenary captain whose decision to support Alexios, secured him the throne.
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.
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 ...