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Basil II returned in triumph to Constantinople, then promptly went east and attacked the Georgian Kingdom of Tao-Klarjeti, and later secured the annexation of the sub-kingdoms of Armenia ( and a promise to have its capital and surrounding regions to be willed to Byzantium following the death of its king Hovhannes-Smbat ).
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Basil and II
The Byzantine emperor Basil II narrowly escaped.
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 known as the Varangian Guard.
* 1025 – Basil II, Byzantine Emperor ( b. 958 )
The bronze snake ( formerly believed to be the one by Moses ), a gift from emperor Basil II ( 1007 ).
* 1014 – Byzantine – Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15, 000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
The rulers of Benevento and Capua made several attempts on Byzantine Apulia at this time, but in late century the Byzantines, under the stiff rule of Basil II, gained ground on the Lombards.
Byzantine Empire under Basil II
At the end of the 10th century, much of what is now Republic of Macedonia became the political and cultural center of the First Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuil ; while the Byzantine emperor Basil II came to rule the eastern part of the empire ( what is now Bulgaria ), including the then capital Preslav, in 972.
In 1018, Stephen led his armies against Bulgaria, in alliance with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, and collected several relics during his campaign.
* 1014: the Byzantine armies of Basil II are victorious over Samuil of Bulgaria in the Battle of Kleidion.
Basil II of the Byzantine Empire.
* Basil II, Byzantine Emperor
* Basil II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, ( lived 958 – 1025, reigned 976 – 1025 )
* Basil II
* Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
* July 29 – Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent blinding of 15, 000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock, and earns Basil II the sobriquet ' Boulgaroktonos ' ( Bulgar-slayer ).
* Western Emperor Louis II allies with eastern Emperor Basil I against the Saracens.
* Basil II lifts the siege of Aleppo by mounting his entire army and transferring it across Anatolia in sixteen days.
* Basil II
* January 10 – Basil II becomes Eastern Roman Emperor ( see Byzantine Emperors ).
* Constantine VIII succeeds his brother Basil II as Byzantine Emperor.
Basil and returned
Basil Davidovich returned in the 1950s.
After his marriage in 1824 to Miss Skepper, daughter of Mrs Basil Montague, he returned to his profession as a conveyancer, and was called to the bar in 1831.
After the war, the couple returned to Ireland, where Sir Basil and his family managed Goulding Chemicals.
Basil returned to Weakest Link as one of the contestants on the show's 1000th UK edition, recorded on 1 November 2006.
The campaign was abandoned while Michael and Basil returned to Constantinople, where Michael adopted his friend and made him co-emperor.
By the early 1950s, Basil Bunting had returned to live in Newcastle and, in 1966, Fulcrum Press published Briggflatts, which is widely considered to be his masterpiece.
He returned to the big screen in a few minor roles, such as in the 1991 Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and as a peddler in Basil ( 1998 ).
Once Otto III had returned to Germany, the faction headed by Crescentius II violently unseated Gregory V and, with the active support of the Eastern Emperor, Basil II, acclaimed John as Pope John XVI ( 997 – 998 ).
Fr Basil, roused from sleep, went down, placed a medal of St. Benedict on the church wall and returned to bed.
After starring in the show for 6 years, Arias returned to New York where he starred in Arias with a Twist, a collaboration with master puppeteer Basil Twist at HERE Arts Center.
Basil returns and confesses that after getting drunk and fighting with Dinah at a studio party, he returned and found Ruby lying strangled to death on " his " hearthrug.
Basil and triumph
Miniature representation of the emperor Basil II's triumph through the Forum of Constantinople, from the ( Madrid Skylitzes )
Roman triumph | Triumph of Basil II through the Forum of Constantine, from the Madrid Skylitzes
Before returning to Constantinople, Basil II celebrated his triumph in Athens.
Basil of Caesarea, throwing over the cause of Eustathius, championed that of Meletius who, returning in triumph to Antioch after the death of Valens, was hailed as the leader of Eastern orthodoxy.
Basil and Constantinople
In the Rite of Constantinople, two different anaphoras are currently used: one is attributed to Saint John Chrysostom, the other to Saint Basil the Great.
From his deathbed, Basil reminded them of Gregory's capabilities and likely recommended his friend to champion the trinitarian cause in Constantinople.
Photius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, shortly after the council in which he had pronounced sentence of deposition against Pope Nicholas I, was driven from the patriarchate by a new emperor, Basil the Macedonian, who favoured his rival Ignatius.
Other immediate issues were that in Constantinople, the Patriarch Photius had been ejected and Stephen, the son of Emperor Basil I, had taken the office.
Gregory, following Basil, defined the Trinity as " one essence < nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki > in three persons < nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki >", the formula adopted by the Council of Constantinople in 381.
In 992, Basil II concluded a treaty with Pietro Orseolo II by the terms that Venice's custom duties in Constantinople would be reduced from 30 nomismata to 17 nomismata in return for the Venetians agreeing to transport Byzantine troops to southern Italy in times of war.
Consciously desiring to emulate Emperor Justinian I ( r. 527 – 565 ), Basil also initiated an extensive building program in Constantinople, crowned by the construction of the Nea Ekklesia cathedral.
Under Basil II Romanos served as judge, and under Constantine VIII he became urban prefect of Constantinople.
Under the heading " Adam " the author of the lexicon ( which a prefatory note states to be " by Suidas ") gives a brief chronology of the world, ending with the death of the emperor John I Tzimiskes ( 975 ), and under Constantinople his successors Basil II ( 976-1025 ) and Constantine VIII ( 1025 – 1028 ) are mentioned.
The Nea Ekklesia of Emperor Basil I was built in Constantinople around 880 as part of a substantial building renovation and construction program during his reign.
The Cappadocian Fathers ( or Cappadocian philosophers ) are Basil the Great ( 330-379 ), who was bishop of Caesarea ; Basil's younger brother Gregory of Nyssa ( c. 332-395 ), who was bishop of Nyssa ; and a close friend, Gregory of Nazianzus ( 329-389 ), who became Patriarch of Constantinople.
Other famous people who stayed in the island for religious and political reasons were Gebon, Basil Skleros, Nikephoritzes ( the chief minister of Michael VII Doukas ), Patriarch John of Constantinople and Patriarch Michael II of Constantinople.
To the canons of the councils of Nicaea, Ancyra, Neocaesarea, Gangra, Antioch, Ephesus, and Constantinople, already collected and received in the Greek church, John added 89 " Apostolical Canons ," the 21 of Sardica, and the 68 of the canonical letter of Basil.
The majority signed the " Creed of the Dedication "; Eudoxius who was present, was deposed by Basil of Ancyra's party, and appears to have sought the shelter of the court at Constantinople.
Furious, Krum ravaged the environs of Constantinople and headed home, capturing Adrianople en route and transplanting its inhabitants ( including the parents of the future Emperor Basil I ) across the Danube.
* Basil I Skamandrenos, Patriarch of Constantinople
* Basil II Kamateros, Patriarch of Constantinople
The Patria of Constantinople praise him also for his building activity, but aside from a church dedicated to Saint Demetrius outside the city itself, most of the buildings attributed to him were probably the work of Basil I the Macedonian ( r. 867 – 886 ).
The custom in its modern state was created with the exposure to Christianity during the reign of emperor Heraclius ( 610-641 ) or later at the time of the final Christianization of the Serbs during the rule of Basil I ( 867-886 ) by Byzantine missionairies of Constantinople Cyril and Methodius.
* Rosemary Sutcliff's 1976 historical novel Blood Feud depicts the formation of the Varangian Guard by Basil II, from the point of view of a half-Saxon orphan who journeyed to Constantinople via the Dnieper trading route.
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