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Michael VI Bringas
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Gold tetarteron of Michael's reign
Byzantine emperor
Reign
31 August 1056 – 30 August 1057
Coronation
22 August 1056[1]
Predecessor
Theodora Porphyrogenita
Successor
Isaac I Komnenos
Died
after 1057
Michael VI (Greek: Μιχαήλ; Latin: Mihael), surnamed Bringas (Greek: Βρίγγας) and called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus ("the Military One", "the Warlike", or "the Bellicose") or Gerontas ("the Old"), reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057.
MichaelVI (Greek: Μιχαήλ; Latin: Mihael), surnamed Bringas (Greek: Βρίγγας) and called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus ("the Military One", "the Warlike"...
came from a peasant family Michael V Kalaphates (1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV MichaelVIBringas (d. 1059), called "Stratiotikos"...
conspiracy of the dissatisfied eastern generals against the newly crowned MichaelVIBringas. Proclaimed emperor by his followers on 8 June 1057, he rallied sufficient...
Slav claimed to be Constantine VI in an effort to gain support against Michael II. By his first wife Maria, Constantine VI had two daughters: Euphrosyne...
served in the revolt of Isaac I Komnenos against the Byzantine Emperor MichaelVIBringas, leading forces at the decisive Battle of Petroe. Under the Emperor...
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diminution of corn measures by the fraction known as a pinakion". Michael Attaleiates, VI.37: "This was on the eve of the day of the Annunciation [...] They...
John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Latin: Johannes Cantacuzenus;...
823, Michael II married Euphrosyne, a daughter of Constantine VI and Maria of Amnia. This marriage was probably intended to strengthen Michael's position...
IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant...
onwards. The sole exception after Constantine IX's reign is MichaelVI, whose family name (Bringas) was far less distinguished than those of the other imperial...
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Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise (Greek: Λέων ὁ Σοφός, romanized: Léōn ho Sophós, 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912...
appointees were able men, including his chief adviser, the eunuch Joseph Bringas. The pleasure-loving sovereign could also leave military matters in the...
Birley, "Hadrian to the Antonines", 164, citing Alföldy, Konsulat, 24, 221. Michael Grant (1994). The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition. London & New...
celebrate LEG III ITAL VI P VI F, "Legio III Italica six times faithful and loyal." Antoninianus issued to celebrate LEG VII MAC VI P VI F, "Legio VII Macedonica...
September 780, of tuberculosis. He was succeeded by his underage son Constantine VI, with Irene serving as regent. Leo IV was born on 25 January 750 AD, to Emperor...
Jews II.13.7. Josephus, War of the Jews III.1.3. Josephus, War of the Jews VI.10.1. Josephus, War of the Jews VII.1.1. Griffin 2002, pp. 41–42. Judith....
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Patriarch refused to believe it. Eventually he was persuaded and Bringas was crowned as MichaelVI. Theodora died a few hours later and with her death, the Macedonian...
with Joseph Bringas, a former advisor of Romanos. Theophano allied with Nikephoros Phokas, a celebrated general and opponent of Bringas. In return for...
4401/ag-3206. ISSN 2037-416X. Paradiso, Canto VI verse 10 Dorothy L. Sayers, Paradiso, notes on Canto VI. Cournos, John (20 November 1938) [November 20...
Wars of the Jews V.11.1 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews VI.2–VI.3 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews VI.4.1 Sulpicius Severus, Chronicles II.30.6–7. For Tacitus...
Marcus vi. 2; Verus ii. 3–4; Birley, Marcus Aurelius, pp. 53–54. Dio 71.35.5; HA Marcus vi. 3; Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 56. Meditations vi. 30, qtd...
more emperors abdicated in the later Eastern Empire: Staurakios (r. 811), Michael I (r. 811–813) and Isaac I (r. 1057–59), but all of them where forced to...
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