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Also Known As George the Sinner • Georgios Hamartolos
Flourished c.801 - c.900
Subjects Of Study Iconoclastic Controversy • Byzantine Empire • universal history
Leo IV
Byzantine emperor
Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
Hesychius Of Miletus
Byzantine historian
George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
George The Syncellus
Byzantine historian
George Sphrantzes
Byzantine historian
Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
Procopius
Byzantine historian
Theophylactus Simocattes
Byzantine historian
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
Byzantine historian
George Pachymeres
Byzantine scholar
John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus Gregoras
Byzantine scholar
Michael II, coin, 9th century; in the British Museum
Michael II
Byzantine emperor
Leo V
Byzantine emperor
Nicetas Choniates
Byzantine historian
Nicephorus Bryennius
Byzantine statesman and historian
Anna Comnena
Byzantine princess

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