Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ Βουλγαροκτόνος...
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(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...
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The Menologion, Menologium, or Menology of Basil II is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book...
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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...
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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...
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Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, translit. Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from 867 to...
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The name Basil (royal, kingly) comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (Greek: Βασίλειος, female version Bασιλεία), which first appeared during the Hellenistic...
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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...
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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...
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allowed three Byzantine Emperors, namely Nikephoros II Phokas, John I Tzimiskes and finally Basil II to recapture territory lost to the Muslim conquests...
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