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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]
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 ...
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.
Pages in category "Byzantine families" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amytzantarioi;
Pages in category "Greek masculine given names" The following 143 pages are in this category, out of 143 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acamas;
Yurgi/Yuri, occidental name of Konchak/Konchek's son, died against the Mongols at the Battle of Kalka River. He and his father Khan Konchek tried to create a more cohesive force out of the many Cuman tribes. His Russian name may indicate his conversion to Christianity. [12] Asalup, his daughter married Igor's grandfather, Oleg. [14]
The Byzantine Empire was at war with its eastern neighbors, the various autonomous and semi-autonomous emirates emerging from the break-up of the Abbasid Caliphate. The most prominent among them was the Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo, under Sayf al-Dawla. Armenia served as the borderland between the two Empires, and Tzimiskes successfully defended ...
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 ]