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    Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Ancient Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, romanized: Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from...
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    Roman nation. It makes as much sense to call the emperors Herakleios or Basileios I “Armenians” as it does to call president Bill Clinton an “Englishman”...
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  • Abuna Basilios (23 April 1891 – 13 October 1970) was an Ethiopian-born first Archbishop or Abuna, and later the first Patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox...
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    Basil Zaharoff (born Zacharias Basileios Zacharoff; 6 October 1849 – 27 November 1936) was a Greek arms dealer and industrialist. One of the richest men...
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    Stoa Basileios (Ancient Greek: στοὰ βασίλειος), meaning Royal Stoa, was a Doric stoa in the northwestern corner of the Athenian Agora, which was built...
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    from which the philosophy Stoicism takes its name Stoa of Attalos Stoa Basileios (Royal Stoa) Stoa of Zeus at Athens Stoa Amphiaraion Stoa of the Athenians...
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  • murdered and Basileios, his co-emperor, replaced him in 867. Basileios exiled Photius and restored St. Ignatius as patriarch. Basileios effectively undid...
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    and Didymoteichon. He likely entered military service under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180), but details of his early life are otherwise unknown...
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    Basil (name) (redirect from Basileios)
    people: Basil Onomagoulos (died 717), Byzantine usurper in Sicily in 717 Basil I (811–886) the Macedonian, Byzantine Emperor from 867 Basil II Bulgaroktonus...
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  • succession 1077–1079/80 Georgios III c. 1079/80 Basileios c. 1089 Georgios IV of Makuria [de] son of Basileios 1130–1158 Moses Georgios son of Georgios IV...
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  • (c.1027) Solomon, King (1077–1079/80) Georgios III, King (c.1079/80) Basileios, King (c.1089) Ifriqiya Zirid dynasty (complete list) – Badis ibn Mansur...
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    Basil II (redirect from Basileios II)
    Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ...
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    considered for the papacy. His baptismal name was Basil (Greek: Βασίλειος, Basileios or Basilios). He took the name Bessarion upon entering the monastery....
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  • Basil Lekapenos (Greek: Βασίλειος Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Basíleios Lekapēnós; c. 925 – c. 985), also called the Parakoimomenos (ὁ παρακοιμώμενος) or the...
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  • 1972, during an excavation in the Ancient Agora of Athens, near Stoa Basileios, a lead tablet from the 4th century BC was discovered. The tablet was...
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    Speculum, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), 479. Kaldellis 2017, p. 98. PmbZ, Basileios II. (#20838). Holmes 2005, pp. 246, 460 PmbZ, David III. (von Tao) (#21432)...
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    century when small anchorite communities, following the teachings of Basileios the Great, Bishop of Kayseri, started to inhabit the cells hewn in the...
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    which there were several in Athens. In the Agora there were: the Stoa Basileios, the court of the King-Archon, on the west side of the Agora; the Stoa...
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    SM UB-46 (category World War I submarines of Germany)
    U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 February 2009. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Basileios". German and Austrian...
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  • remained in banishment on the island of Prokonnesos until his death. PmbZ, Basileios Peteinos (#20934). Runciman 1988, p. 232. Runciman 1988, pp. 233–234....
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    Paul Meinrad (2006). Krieg und Kriegführung in Byzanz: die Kriege Kaiser Basileios' II. gegen die Bulgaren (976-1019) (in German). Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar...
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    Leonidas; Kampantais, Spyridon; Toutziaris, Chrysovalantis; Chachopoulos, Basileios; Perdikis, Ioannis; Tahmatzopoulos, Anastasios; Dimitriadis, Georgios...
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    unlike many other buildings in the agora. Altar of the Twelve Gods Stoa Basileios (Royal stoa) Temple of Aphrodite Urania The south end of what is believed...
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    the latter's submission, and with a power struggle against the eunuch Basileios, who was dismissed in 985. Basil, who for unknown reasons never married...
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    the southwest, on the other side of the Panathenaic Way, were the Stoa Basileios, the Leokorion, and the Altar of the Twelve Gods. Another north–south...
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  • Basil the Copper Hand (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Χαλκόχειρ, romanized: Basileios ho Chalkocheir; died c. 932) was a Byzantine rebel leader active in Bithynia...
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    period), the Byzantine emperors, and the kings of modern Greece. The name Basileios (Basil), deriving from the term basileus, is a common given name in the...
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  • Paul Meinrad (2006). Krieg und Kriegführung in Byzanz: die Kriege Kaiser Basileios' II. gegen die Bulgaren (976–1019) (in German). Cologne: Böhlau Verlag...
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  • Bazelle, and Bazeley, to Basilon and Vasile, derives from the word "basileios" meaning royal, and originally was given only to children of royal or...
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  • Bulgar-Slayer": Basil II, Byzantine Emperor (Greek: Βασίλειος Βουλγαροκτόνος, Basíleios Boulgaroktónos) "~ Capet": Hugh Capet (French: Hugues Capet) "~ the Cabbage":...
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