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Also Known As Nikephoros Bryennios
Born c.1064 or c.1080 • Edirne • Byzantine Empire
Died c.1137
Subjects Of Study Comnenus family
Narses
Syrian theologian
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus II Phocas
Byzantine emperor
Belisarius
Belisarius
Byzantine general
Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Procopius
Byzantine historian
Maurice
Maurice
Byzantine emperor
Narses
Byzantine general
John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
Byzantine emperor
Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
Nicephorus Gregoras
Byzantine scholar
John I Tzimisces (left), effigy on a Byzantine gold coin, 969-976; in a private collection
John I Tzimisces
Byzantine emperor
George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
Nicetas Choniates
Byzantine historian
John II Comnenus
John II Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Anna Comnena
Byzantine princess
George the Monk
Byzantine historian
Laonicus Chalcocondyles
Byzantine historian
Michael Critobulus
Turkish historian

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