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Flourished c.551 - c.600
Subjects Of Study Byzantine Empire
Procopius
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John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
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Saint Theophanes the Confessor
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Nicephorus Gregoras
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George Acropolites
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Nicetas Choniates
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Nicephorus Bryennius
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Anna Comnena
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George the Monk
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Laonicus Chalcocondyles
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Michael Critobulus
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John Cinnamus
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George Sphrantzes
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Joseph Genesius
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Edward Gibbon
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George Finlay
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Justinian I
Justinian I
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