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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
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Narses
Syrian theologian
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
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Nicephorus II Phocas
Byzantine emperor
Belisarius
Belisarius
Byzantine general
Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
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Procopius
Byzantine historian
Maurice
Maurice
Byzantine emperor
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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
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Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
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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
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George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
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Nicetas Choniates
Byzantine historian
John II Comnenus
John II Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
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Anna Comnena
Byzantine princess
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George the Monk
Byzantine historian
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Laonicus Chalcocondyles
Byzantine historian
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Michael Critobulus
Turkish historian

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