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Born 912 • Cappadocia • Turkey
Died c.December 10, 969 or c.December 11, 969 • Istanbul • Turkey
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Narses
Syrian theologian
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Belisarius
Belisarius
Byzantine general
Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Maurice
Maurice
Byzantine emperor
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Narses
Byzantine general
John I Tzimisces (left), effigy on a Byzantine gold coin, 969-976; in a private collection
John I Tzimisces
Byzantine emperor
John II Comnenus
John II Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
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Nicephorus Bryennius
Byzantine statesman and historian
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Romanus IV Diogenes
Byzantine emperor
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Harald III Sigurdsson
king of Norway
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Flavius Ardaburius Aspar
Roman general
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Roger de Flor
Sicilian mercenary
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
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Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
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Basil II
Byzantine emperor
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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
Byzantine emperor
Basil I
Byzantine emperor

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