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Born 430? • Epirus Vetus
Died July 9, 518
Title / Office emperor (491-518), Byzantine Empire

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Shibusawa Eiichi.
Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese government official
Charles Montagu, 1st earl of Halifax, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Montagu, 1st earl of Halifax
British statesman
Narses
Syrian theologian
Justinian I
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus II Phocas
Byzantine emperor
Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Basil II
Byzantine emperor
Belisarius
Belisarius
Byzantine general
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
Byzantine emperor
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
Alexius I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Byzantine emperor
Basil I
Byzantine emperor
Theodora
Theodora
Byzantine empress [died 548]
Theodosius Of Alexandria
Egyptian patriarch
Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Justin II
Byzantine emperor
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
Justinian II
Justinian II
Byzantine emperor
Byzantine emperor
Michael III
Byzantine emperor

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