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Born 939
Died 963 (aged 24)
Title / Office emperor (959-963), Byzantine Empire
Narses
Syrian theologian
Justinian I
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus II Phocas
Byzantine emperor
Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Basil II
Byzantine emperor
Belisarius
Belisarius
Byzantine general
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
Byzantine emperor
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
Alexius I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Basil I, coin, 9th century; in the British Museum.
Basil I
Byzantine emperor
Theodora
Theodora
Byzantine empress [died 548]
Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Justin II
Byzantine emperor
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
Justinian II
Justinian II
Byzantine emperor
Michael III, coin, 9th century; in the British Museum.
Michael III
Byzantine emperor
Isaac II, coin, 12th century; in the British Museum
Isaac II Angelus
Byzantine emperor
Irene, coin, 8th–9th century; in the British Museum
Irene
Byzantine ruler
Demetrius Cydones
Byzantine scholar and statesman

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