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Also Known As Georgios Hamartolos • George the Sinner
Flourished c.801 - c.900
Subjects Of Study Iconoclastic Controversy • Byzantine Empire • universal history
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Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
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Hesychius Of Miletus
Byzantine historian
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George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
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George The Syncellus
Byzantine historian
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George Sphrantzes
Byzantine historian
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Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
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Procopius
Byzantine historian
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Theophylactus Simocattes
Byzantine historian
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Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
Byzantine historian
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George Pachymeres
Byzantine scholar
John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
Byzantine emperor
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Nicephorus Gregoras
Byzantine scholar
Michael II, coin, 9th century; in the British Museum
Michael II
Byzantine emperor
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Leo V
Byzantine emperor
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Nicetas Choniates
Byzantine historian
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Leo IV
Byzantine emperor
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Nicephorus Bryennius
Byzantine statesman and historian
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Anna Comnena
Byzantine princess

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