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The 1906 caption reads: "Kaiser Basileus II, the Bulgar Slayer. A miniature of one of the Kaiser's [emperor's] Book of Psalms. The origina; is in the library at San Mark's in Venice." Basil II, (957/958—1025, known as “Slayer of the Bulgars” and Byzantine emperor (976–1025) was crowned co-emperor with his brother in 960. He exiled the grand chamberlain (985) and defeated rival generals (989) in order to gain the authority to rule. Basil became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia. He was noted for his victory (1014) in th

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The 1906 caption reads: "Kaiser Basileus II, the Bulgar Slayer. A miniature of one of the Kaiser's [emperor's] Book of Psalms. The origina; is in the library at San Mark's in Venice." Basil II, (957/958—1025, known as “Slayer of the Bulgars” and Byzantine emperor (976–1025) was crowned co-emperor with his brother in 960. He exiled the grand chamberlain (985) and defeated rival generals (989) in order to gain the authority to rule. Basil became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia. He was noted for his victory (1014) in the war with Bulgaria, which

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Photographe : Ivy Close Images

Date

02 avr. 2020

Crédit

Photo12/Alamy/Ivy Close Images

Notre référence

LMY25T04_2R2R1HA

Utilisation

uniquement en France

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Libre de droits

Format disponible

53,7Mo (2,5Mo) / 32,7cm x 41,1cm / 3861 x 4860 (300dpi)

Mots clés

1014 11th century armenia balkans basil ii basil ii balkans book of psalms bulgars byzantine byzantine bulgar byzantine emperor byzantine empire byzantines emperor basil georgia history balkans illuminated illuminated ms illustrated manuscript illustrated ms manuscript slayer of bulgars war bulgaria basil ii