younger Basiliscus would be made caesar. Caesar was a senior imperial title, and implied that the holder was the heir to the throne. Although Basiliscus was...
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at the time that Basiliscus was bribed by Aspar, the magister militum; many historians dismiss this, instead concluding that Basiliscus was either incompetent...
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Armatus (section Rise of Basiliscus)
magister militum under Emperors Leo I, Basiliscus and Zeno, and consul. He was instrumental in the rebellion of Basiliscus against Zeno, and in his subsequent...
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the help of her brother Basiliscus. The conspirators fomented riots in the capital against the Isaurian emperor; Basiliscus succeeded also in convincing...
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Basiliscus was the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor from 475 to 476. Basiliscus may also refer to: Basiliscus (Caesar), Caesar of the East Roman Empire...
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Augustus (redirect from Augusts Caesar)
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of...
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Armatus betrayed Basiliscus when Zeno offered to have him made magister militum praesentalis for life, and his son, Basiliscus, crowned as caesar. He allowed...
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Tiberius (redirect from Tiberius Caesar)
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (/taɪˈbɪəriəs/ ty-BEER-ee-əs; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded his...
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Nero (redirect from Nero Claudius Caesar)
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ˈnɪəroʊ/ NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and...
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Caligula (redirect from Gaius Caesar Germanicus)
Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (/kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until...
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coaxed Basiliscus to grant her lover the highest office in the city. The reference to the Augusta reportedly convinced her husband Basiliscus to appoint...
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Claudius (redirect from Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus)
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ˈklɔːdiəs/; Latin: [tɪˈbɛriʊs ˈklau̯diʊs ˈkae̯sar au̯ˈɡʊstʊs gɛrˈmaːnɪkʊs]; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October...
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This is likely a confusion with Basiliscus, the son of the Byzantine commander Armatus. Basiliscus was crowned caesar in 476 and was almost executed in...
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Caesar (Latin: [ˈkae̯.sar] English pl. Caesars; Latin pl. Caesares; in Greek: Καῖσαρ Kaîsar) is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen...
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Titus (redirect from Titus Caesar)
Titus Caesar Vespasianus (/ˈtaɪtəs/ TY-təs; 30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus...
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Roman emperor (section Caesar)
Another title used was Imperator, originally a military honorific, and Caesar, originally a cognomen. Early emperors also used the title Princeps ("first...
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Constantine II (emperor) (section Caesar)
from 337 to 340. The son of the emperor Constantine I, he was proclaimed caesar by his father shortly after his birth. He was associated with military victories...
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Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne also became empress. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II. The origins of Verina and her brother Basiliscus...
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power in 574 when Justin II, prior to a mental breakdown, proclaimed him caesar and adopted him as his own son. In 578, the dying Justin II gave him the...
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Licinius II (redirect from Licinius (Caesar))
Licinius II, also called Licinius Junior or Licinius Caesar (Latin: Valerius Licinianus Licinius; c. July/August 315 – c. 326), was the son of the Roman...
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Ariadne was a daughter of Leo I and Verina. Her mother was a sister of Basiliscus. Ariadne's younger sister, Leontia, was first betrothed to Patricius,...
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only by the princeps. For example, Augustus's official name was Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus. The territory under command of the emperor had developed...
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Otho (redirect from Marcus Salvius Otho Nero Caesar Augustus)
status to Otho's father Lucius Salvius Otho. Suetonius, in The Lives of the Caesars, comments on Otho's appearance and personal hygiene. He is said to have...
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Commodus (redirect from Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus)
Fulvus Antoninus, who died in 165. On 12 October 166, Commodus was made Caesar together with his younger brother, Marcus Annius Verus. The latter died...
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Domitian (redirect from Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus)
great-grandfather, Titus Flavius Petro, had served as a centurion under Pompey during Caesar's civil war. His military career ended in disgrace when he fled the battlefield...
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"Valerius", the nomen of emperor Diocletian, following his father's ascension as caesar. Constantine probably spent little time with his father who was an officer...
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Basilikoi anthropoi Basilikon Basilikos logos Basilinopolis Basiliscus Basiliscus (Caesar) Basiliskianos Basilissa Batheos Rhyakos Monastery Bathys Ryax...
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Marcus Aurelius (redirect from Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus)
his mother and paternal grandfather. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius Caesar, died in 138, Hadrian adopted Marcus's uncle Antoninus Pius as his new heir...
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Maximian (redirect from Caesar Maximianus)
July 310), nicknamed Herculius, was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title...
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Leo I Basiliscus ( ? – c. 477, ruled 475–476) – usurper; brother of Verina brother-in-law of Leo I Armatus, magister militum, nephew of Basiliscus and Verina...
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