Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ Βουλγαροκτόνος...

(e-book). History of the Great Feudal War Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Basil s.v. Basil II." . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed...

The Menologion, Menologium, or Menology of Basil II is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book...

Basil II was the Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025. Basil II may also refer to: Basil II of Constantinople, patriarch from 1183 to 1186 Basil II of Bulgaria...

His wife Theophano helped their sons Basil II and Constantine VIII to ultimately succeed him in 976. Romanos II was a son of the Emperor Constantine VII...

Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, translit. Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from 867 to...

The name Basil (royal, kingly) comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (Greek: Βασίλειος, female version Bασιλεία), which first appeared during the Hellenistic...

crowned as co-emperors his two sons Basil II and Constantine VIII. At the time that Romanos died, however, Basil was five years old and Constantine only...

citizens. In 980, the emperor Basil II received an unusual gift from Prince Vladimir of Kiev: 6,000 Varangian warriors, which Basil formed into a new bodyguard...

allowed three Byzantine Emperors, namely Nikephoros II Phokas, John I Tzimiskes and finally Basil II to recapture territory lost to the Muslim conquests...