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Flavius Zeno (c. 425 -491 ) ( Ζήνων ), original name Tarasicodissa or Trascalissaeus, Eastern Roman Emperor (February 9, 474 - April 9, 491) was one of the more prominent of the early Byzantine emperors. Domestic revolts and religious dissension plagued his reign which nevertheless succeeded to some extent in foreign issues.
Biography. Zeno was of Isaurian origin [1] and had a brother, who died before 448. [2] Between 447 and 451 he was magister militum per Orientem. In 447 he was put at the head of an Isaurian unit and entrusted with the defence of Constantinople from Attila. [3] By this time, he was already magister militum per Orientem (Commander-in-chief of the ...
Lallis. Zeno ( / ˈziːnoʊ /; Greek: Ζήνων, translit. Zénōn; c. 425 – 9 April 491) was Eastern Roman emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491. Domestic revolts and religious dissension plagued his reign, which nevertheless succeeded to some extent in foreign issues. His reign saw the end of the Western Roman Empire following ...
Zeno (born, Isauria, Diocese of the East—died April 9, 491) was the Eastern Roman emperor whose reign (474–91) was troubled by revolts and religious dissension. Until he married the Eastern emperor Leo I’s daughter Ariadne (in 466 or 467), Zeno had been known as Tarasicodissa.
Zeno (/ˈziːnoʊ/; Greek: Ζήνων, translit. Zénōn; c. 425 – 9 April 491) was Eastern Roman emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491. Domestic revolts and religious dissension plagued his reign, which nevertheless succeeded to some extent in foreign issues. His reign saw the end of the Western Roman Empire following the deposition of Romulus Augustus and the death of Julius ...
A game of τάβλι (tabula) played by Byzantine emperor Zeno in 480 AD and recorded by Agathias in c. 530 AD because of a very unlucky dice throw for Zeno (red), as he threw 2, 5 and 6 and was forced to leave eight pieces alone and thus prone to capture. See "Zeno's Game of τάβλι" by Roland G. Austin.
474), the son of Zeno and Ariadne, crowned as emperor in October 473. Leo died on 18 January 474, and Leo II took the throne. Zeno was installed as co-emperor, crowned on 29 January, and when Leo II died in Autumn, Zeno became the sole eastern emperor.
