Nicephorus Gregoras: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Nikephoros Gregoras
Born c.1292 • Turkey
Died c.1360 • near Istanbul • Turkey
Notable Works “Byzantine History”
Subjects Of Study Byzantine Empire

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Procopius
Byzantine historian
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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George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
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Nicetas Choniates
Byzantine historian
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Nicephorus Bryennius
Byzantine statesman and historian
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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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John Cinnamus
Byzantine historian
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George Sphrantzes
Byzantine historian
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John Scylitzes
Byzantine historian
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Joseph Genesius
Byzantine scholar
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Menander Protector
Byzantine historian
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
British historian
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J.B. Bury
British scholar
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George Finlay
British historian
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Narses
Syrian theologian
Mosaic detail of Emperor Justinian I with a jeweled crown and halo, wearing ornate robes, from the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy.
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor