• commander, or Domestic of the Excubitors (δομέστικος τῶν ἐξκουβίτων), before rising to the throne in 820. The Excubitors fought in several campaigns during...
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  • Excubitor may refer to: Excubitors, imperial guards of the early Byzantine emperors Lanius excubitor, a bird species known as great grey shrike 8591 Excubitor...
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    The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric...
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    Gastrotheca excubitor is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to southern Peru and occurs in the Amazonian slopes and crests...
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    Kenya sentinel chameleon, or Mount Kenya hornless chameleon (Kinyongia excubitor), is a species of chameleons endemic to Kenya. It is known from Mount...
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    The steppe grey shrike (Lanius excubitor pallidirostris) is a subspecies of songbird in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to Central Asia and parts...
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    wife Sophia, he was escorted to the Great Palace of Constantinople. The Excubitors blocked the palace entrances during the night, and early in the morning...
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    The Arabian great shrike (Lanius excubitor aucheri) is a non-migratory subspecies of the great grey shrike found mainly in the Arabian Peninsula. Formerly...
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    the Excubitors, the palace guards. He fought in the Isaurian and Persian wars and rose through the ranks to become the commander of the Excubitors, which...
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  • Pygargus September 24, 1960 Palomar PLS THM 11 km MPC · JPL 8591 Excubitor 6543 P-L Excubitor September 24, 1960 Palomar PLS THM 15 km MPC · JPL 8592 Rubetra...
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    Phocas' daughter Domentzia, as Comes excubitorum, the captain of the Excubitors, in 603. When Phocas was emperor, Byzantine Italy was under continual...
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    shrike family. It is closely related to the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, and its plumage is generally similar to the great grey shrike apart from...
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  • Oeneis alpina Kurentzov, 1970 Subspecies Oeneis alpina alpina Oeneis alpina execubitor Synonyms Oeneis excubitor Troubridge, Philip, Scott & Shepard, 1982...
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  • attempted to proclaim their own candidate, but the Excubitors almost killed that unnamed man. The Excubitors then allegedly put forward Justinian, nephew of...
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    Ariadne became a member of the imperial family. In 461, Leo founded the Excubitors as a counterbalance to the Germanic soldiers under Aspar. He recruited...
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    conspiracy which was to overthrow Leo was led by the Domestic of the Excubitors, Michael the Amorian, who disapproved of Leo's divorce and remarriage...
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    Philagrius from Africa, and offered Valentinus the title of Count of the Excubitors. In late September/October, Martina elevated Constans to co-emperor, but...
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    consistent differences, hence he recommended combining the two into Lanius excubitor. In North America, this and the related loggerhead shrike are commonly...
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    Justin. Justin, who was commander of one of the imperial guard units (the Excubitors) before he became emperor, adopted Justinian, brought him to Constantinople...
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    Bederiana (Justiniana Prima), Dardania. Officer and commander of the Excubitors bodyguard under Anastasius I, he was elected by army and people upon the...
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    is destroyed and the expedition is abandoned. Emperor Leo I founds the Excubitors (imperial guard) at Constantinople; this elite tagmatic unit (300 men)...
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