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The emblem mostly associated with the Byzantine Empire is the double-headed eagle. It is not of Byzantine invention, but a traditional Anatolian motif dating to Hittite times, and the Byzantines themselves only used it in the last centuries of the Empire. [11] [12] The date of its adoption by the Byzantines has been hotly debated by scholars. [9]
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 ...
It was brought to England by the Crusaders, having been common in the eastern Mediterranean. It is more often used in Britain and Europe than in the United States. It is also the name of a common herb. In Arabic, Bas(s)el (باسل, bāsil) is a name for boys that means "brave, fearless, intrepid". [1]
This is a family tree of all the Eastern Roman Emperors who ruled in Constantinople.Most of the Eastern emperors were related in some form to their predecessors, sometimes by direct descent or by marriage.
Sittas was the husband of Comito, the elder sister of the Empress Theodora, and possible father of the later empress Sophia. [1]Sittas's origin is obscure. Byzantinists have suggested his name was Gothic or Thracian, [1] but his theoretical descent from either the Goths or the Thracians is not mentioned in primary sources.
A. Alexios Palaiologos (despot) Alusian of Bulgaria; Theodore Alyates; Anagast; Anatolius (consul) Manuel Anemas; Andronikos Angelos Doukas; Constantine Komnenos Angelos
As the Byzantine Empire recovered, the system was imposed on all areas that came under Byzantine control. [63] The first Balkan theme was created in Thrace in 680 AD. [ 63 ] By 695, a second theme, that of " Hellas " (or "Helladikoi"), was established, probably in eastern central Greece . [ 63 ]