Basiliskianos
Basiliskianos (also Basilicinos ; Middle Greek Βασιλισκιανὁς , † after September 23, 867 in Constantinople ) was in September 866 briefly designated co-emperor of the Byzantine emperor Michael III.
Life
The Patrikios Basiliskianos, a courtier of Emperor Michael III, was allegedly a rower on the imperial dromone . After Michael’s victory in the chariot race on September 1, 866 in the hippodrome of the Mamas Palace , he is said to have flattered the emperor at the evening banquet in such a way that he spontaneously made him co-emperor or at least promised to do so. Basiliskianos thus entered into direct competition with Michael's previous favorite Basilius , who had become heir to the throne and co-regent after the assassination of Bardas . When Michael III was murdered . On September 23, 867, Basiliskianos, who had watched in front of the emperor's bedchamber, was seriously wounded and removed from him at the latest after Basil's accession to the throne.
swell
- John skylitzes 113
- Pseudo-Symeon 682-685
- Theophanes Continuatus 4,44 ; 5
- John Zonaras 16, 7
literature
- John Bagnell Bury : A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (AD 802-867) . Macmillan and Company, London 1912, pp. 176-178 ( full text in the Google book search).
- Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Ilse Rochow, Beate Zielke: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 1st department: (641−867). Volume 1: Aaron (# 1) - Georgios (# 2182). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-015179-0 , p. 319 No. 977.
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| SURNAME | Basiliskianos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Basilicinos; Βασιλισκιανóς (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine patrician, brief heir to the throne of Michael III. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after September 23, 867 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |