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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 ...
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.
The name Mariannos comes from the names: Marios, Ioannis or the whole Mariannos in the Church is heard as two separate names but also as a whole between them. If it is heard as two names it celebrates: the Virgin Mary (August 15) and Saint John the Baptist (January 7.) If it is heard as a whole it celebrates: Saint Marianna (February 28.)
People of the Byzantine Empire — primarily Medieval Greek people of the 4th to 15th centuries. Subcategories This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total.
Caesars (Byzantine nobles) (25 P) N. Nobilissimi (1 C, 15 P) P. Panhypersebastoi (11 P) Porphyrogennetoi (32 P) Pages in category "Byzantine imperial titles"
A. Alexios Palaiologos (despot) Alusian of Bulgaria; Theodore Alyates; Anagast; Anatolius (consul) Manuel Anemas; Andronikos Angelos Doukas; Constantine Komnenos Angelos