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	Basil II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basil II The Bulgar-Slayer (Greek: Βασίλειος Βουλγαροκτόνος [Basileios Bulgaroktonus]) (958 – December 15, 1025) was a Byzantine emperor from January 10, 976 to December 15, 1025 who led the Byzantine Empire to its greatest heights in nearly five centuries.
		Basil was a brave soldier and a superb horseman; he was to prove himself a strong ruler and an able general.
		Basil was a short, stocky man who cared little for the pomp and ceremony of the imperial court, and typically held court dressed in military regalia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basil_II (1850 words)

	Basil (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil I the Macedonian, Byzantine E. (811-886, ruled from 867)
		Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine E. (958-1025, ruled from 976)
		Basil of Trebizond (died 1340, ruled from 1332)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basil_(disambiguation) (142 words)

	BASIL II. - LoveToKnow Article on BASIL II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil was a brave soldier and a superb horseman; he was to approve himself a strong ruler and an able general.
		Basil died in December 1025 in the midst of preparations to send a naval expedition to recover Sicily from the Saracens.
		Basils reign marks the highest point of the power of the Eastern empire since Justinian I. Part of the credit is due to his predecessors Nicephorus and Tzimisces, but the greater part belongs to him.
	26.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BASIL_II_.htm (911 words)

	BASIL - LoveToKnow Article on BASIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basils reign saw the foundation of the Solovetsk monastery and the rise of the khanate of the Crimea.
		BASIL III., IvAN0vICH (1479-1533), tsar of Muscovy, son of to Moscow, and tsarish governors were appointed to rule it.
		Basil was the first grand-duke of Moscow who adopted the title of tsar and the double-headed eagle of the East Roman empire.
	27.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BASIL.htm (737 words)

	Basil II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil II Basil II "Bulgaroktonus"(Greek:Basilios Bulgaroktonos, written Βασίλειος Βουλγαροκτόνος, lived 958- December 15, 1025), Eastern Roman Emperor (January 10, 976-December 15, 1025) led the Byzantine Empire to its greatest heights in nearly five centuries.
		Finally, in July of 1014, Basil II cornered the Bulgarian army and forced it to fight at the Battle of Kleidion[?], with Samuil several miles away from the battlefield.
		During the pillage of 1204, Basil's grave was ravaged by the invading Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade.
	www.wordlookup.net /ba/basil-ii.html (1571 words)

	Roman Emperors DIR Basil II
		Basil II was the eldest son of Romanus II, grandson of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and great-grandson of Romanus I Lecapenus.
		M.Arbagi, 'The Celibacy of Basil II', Byzantine Studies/Études byzantines 2(I) (1975), pp.41-5
		I.evèenko, 'The Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II', DOP 16 (1962), pp.243-276
	www.roman-emperors.org /basilii.htm (16624 words)

	BASIL II. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With his brother, Constantine VIII, he nominally succeeded his father, Romanus II, in 963, but had no share in the government during the rule of the usurping generals Nicephorus II (963–69) and John I (969–76).
		Basil suppressed (976–89) a series of revolts of the great landowners led by Bardus Sclerus and revived and strengthened the laws directed against them by Romanus I.
		Basil was succeeded by Constantine VIII (reigned 1025–28) and by Constantine’s daughter Zoë.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ba/Basil2.html (138 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Basil
		Basil, common name for any of a genus of plants of the mint family.
		Basil is a sweet herb used for fragrance and as a seasoning for food.
		Basil I (812-886), Byzantine emperor (867-886) and founder of the Macedonian dynasty.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Basil.html (111 words)

	Constantinople
		In 443 Theodosius II came to terms; his subsidy to the Huns was to be doubled, and a great territory south of the Danube was to be left waste, a no-man's-land, between the two empires.
		The accession of another soldier, Michael II the Amorian (the stammerer) was attended by outbreaks of rebellion and his nine year reign was mainly memorable for the loss of Crete to the Corsairs and the invasion of Sicily by the Aglabids.
		Alexius IV was strangled and Isaac II is said to have died of grief at the news of the murder of his son.
	www.roman-empire.net /constant/constantinople.html (13388 words)

	Stephenson - Basil the Bulgar Slayer
		The chapter ends with the discussion of Basil's defeat of the Bulgars at the siege of Kledion in 1014 and the death of Samuel shortly thereafter.
		Of course, prior to Basil gaining the upper hand against the Bulgars this was not quite the case as Stephenson recognizes.
		An extensive survey of the Byzantine sources reveal that instead of Voulgaroktonos, Basil was generally referred to as porphyrogennetos or "born in the purple" to show he was the reigning emperor.
	www.deremilitari.org /REVIEWS/Stephenson_basil.htm (1160 words)

	Battle of Kleidion, 1014, Chronicle of John Skylitzes in the Bibliotéca Naçional, Madrid, Bulgaria History
		Having thus closed Basil's access by the construction of this wide fortification and the deployment of guards, he was prepared to await the emperor's arrival.
		The emperor Basil II was contemplating his retreat and his next move, when the strategos of Philipopolis (Plovdiv), Nikephoros Xiphias, fighting alongside the emperor, advised him to remain in place and to continue attacking the fortification.
		The emperor Basil II became one of the world's most infamous war criminals when he issued a command that these prisoners have their eyes gouged out, and at the head of every 100 of these pitiful soldiers, he placed one man with only a single eye.
	www.geocities.com /nbulgaria/bulgaria/kleidion.htm (1279 words)

	BASIL (Vasilios) II BULGAROCTONUS THE GREATEST HELLENE EMPEROR
		Basil was the son of Romanus II and Theophano and was crowned co-emperor with his brother Constantine in 960, but as minors both he and his brother remained in the background.
		The ruthlessness and tenacity that served Basil II in his military and diplomatic activities were displayed in his domestic policy as well.
		Both in near-contemporary history and in manuscript illustrations, Basil II is pictured as a short, well-proportioned figure, with brilliant light-blue eyes, a round face, and full, bushy whiskers, which he would twirl in his fingers when angry or while giving an audience.
	members.fortunecity.com /fstav1/emperors/basilb.html (1457 words)

	Macedonian Dynasty - The Macedonian Epoch (867-1081)
		The first period extends from 867 to 1025, the year of the death of Emperor Basil II; the second, the brief period from 1025 to 1056, when Empress Theodora, the last member of this dynasty, died.
		The intensive legislative work, expressed in the publication of a gigantic code, the Basilics, and a number of famous novels directed against the pernicious growth of large landownership, and the intellectual advance associated with the names of Patriarch Photius and Constantine Porphyrogenitus add further glory and significance to the first period of the Macedonian dynasty.
		After the year 1025, when the powerful figure of Basil II disappeared from the historical stage, the Empire entered a time of frequent court revolutions and anarchy which led to the troubled period of 1056-81.
	www.historyofmacedonia.org /RomanMacedonia/MacedonianDynasty.htm (1120 words)

	You Bet Your Basil! Part II
		The medicinal properties of Basil should be viewed as positive perks of a popular culinary herb for most of us, and there are numerous ways to include it in your kitchen specialties without taking it as a medicinal dose.
		Externally, Basil has been shown to have antibacterial properties as well, and a poultice of Basil can be used to treat bruises, and some say warts as well.
		But Basil is far too effective as a companion plant to isolate it to one part of the garden.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/6193/71235 (467 words)

	Christian History Handbook: Medieval: Lecture Ten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Romanus II and the Minority of Basil II The short reign of Emperor Romanus II (959-962) saw the beginning of a surge of conquest and expansion over the next quarter century that brought the Macedonian Dynasty to the apex of its power.
		Basil II "The Bulgar Slayer", was, without question, the greatest of the Macedonian Emperors.
		In 987 Emperor Basil II promised Vladimir the hand of the Emperor's sister, Anna, in return for military assistance against the generals in the Byzantine army and his conversion to Christianity.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/ht34632e10.html (6820 words)

	Portrait Illumniation of Basil II (Venice Psalter)
		Basil is standing, like a statue, on a small raised plinth (suppedion), behind and over eight prostrate figures performing proskynesis.
		Basil II’s psalter portrait has, since A. Grabar’s definitive intervention in 1936, been regarded as portraying a triumphal ceremony to mark Basil’s final victory over the Bulgarians.
		However, the poem does imply quite clearly that these figures have been thrown down before Basil as a result of his divinely-inspired victories, and that would lead one to believe that the prostrate figures represent a range of those brought to heel in the first decades of Basil’s reign.
	homepage.mac.com /paulstephenson/madison/byzantium/psalter.html (1207 words)

	World History from 1000- 1100 AD
		-The Byzantine Emperor Basil II routed the Bulgarians at the Battle of Cimbalugu.
		On the death of Ethelred II the King of England, Edmund II succeeded to the throne.
		Canute II, a Dane, was chosen by the Witan- the advisory council to the King.
	www.multied.com /dates/1000ad.html (512 words)

	Basil Poole Junior
		The basis for our assumtion that this Basill was the son of Basill I, was the title Junior on several documents of Anne Arundel county and the fact that in his signature he also spelled his given name with 2 L's.
		It is possible that Basill I was an uncle but there does not seem to be a another Poole nearby of the age to be his father.
		Perhaps Basil III assumed this debt after the death of Basil II, though it is not known when he died.
	www.geocities.com /ripoole/bazpool2.html (669 words)

	Basil II -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The reign of Basil II, widely acknowledged to be one of the outstanding Byzantine emperors, admirably illustrates both the strength and the weakness of the Byzantine system of government.
		On the latter's death (976) the powerful great-uncle of Basil II, the eunuch Basil the chamberlain, took control.
		Eventually, Basil II asserted his claim to sole authority by ruthlessly eliminating the dominating grand chamberlain, who was exiled in 985.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9013609 (1495 words)

	Basil II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil II Basil II Probably the most militant of the Byzantine emperors, Basil never married, devoting his entire reign to conducting campaigns against Bulgarians, Fatimids, Georgians and the western principalites.
		Rev: +bASIL'CCONSTANT'bR - Facing busts of Basil with short beard on left and Constantine beardless on right both crowned; holding between them, patriarchal cross crosslet; Basil wears loros of square pattern, whilst his brother is clad in plain chlamys.
		SB 1809, DOC III 19 AR Miliaresion Obv: Nimbate facing bust of the Virgin holding nimbate bust of the infant Christ.
	www.dirtyoldcoins.com /gandinga/id/basil2.htm (367 words)

	Chapter Barzillai <i>to</i> Batavia of B by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		When the colony was driven into exile in 1713 by George II., Basil settled in Louisiana, and greatly prospered; but his son led a wandering life, looking for Evangeline, and died in Pennsylvania of the plague.—Longfellow: Evangeline (1849).
		Basile, a calumniating, niggardly bigot in Le Mariage de Figaro, and again in Le Barbier dc Séville, both by Beaumarchais.
		The former is the clerical humbug, and the latter the lay religious hypocrite.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1112/15805/1.html (581 words)

	Content: SPICE: BASIL II 10 Channel Special Effects Controller
		BASIL II (the successor to our popular Sky-Stepper) attaches to one SUGAR channel (and/or manual control), but controls up to ten special effects, one at a time.
		BASIL II is easy to install and use.
		With two BASIL IIs you can crossfade between effects and have up to twenty effects on-line.
	www.skyskan.com /Products/Spice/cont.basilII_10chan.html (438 words)

	AllRefer.com - Basil II (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Basil II, Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biographies
		Basil II c.958–1025, Byzantine emperor (976–1025), surnamed Bulgaroktonos [Bulgar slayer].
		Basil was succeeded by Constantine VIII (reigned 1025–28) and by Constantine's daughter ZoE.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Basil2.html (278 words)

	Epitaph of Basil II
		Basil II's sarcophagus, not that of his brother Constantine, should have been the twentieth and last sarcophagus to fit within the crowded rotunda of Constantine the Great at the Church of the Holy Apostles.
		This “sarcophagus was of marble, extremely beautiful, of many colours and sporting exuberant carvings.” [1] However, Basil changed his mind, and asked Constantine to arrange for him to be laid to rest in simple clothing at the Church of St. John the Theologian (i.e.
		[2] Basil's burial at the Hebdomon is confirmed by Byzantine chroniclers, although no further indication is given of why he chose this place.
	homepage.mac.com /paulstephenson/trans/epitaph.html (547 words)

	OUP: Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025): Holmes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)
		This is the first book-length study in English of the Byzantine emperor Basil II.
		Basil II, later known as 'Bulgar-slayer', is famous for his military conquests and his brutal intimidation of domestic foes.
	www.oup.co.uk /isbn/0-19-927968-3 (395 words)

	Macedonia FAQ: The Macedonian Epoch of Byzantium
		According to one historian who has made a special study of Basil’s time, his family might have had an Armenian ancestry, which later intermarried with Slays, who were very numerous in this part of Europe, and gradually became very much Slavonized.
		Theodora was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty, which occupied the throne for a period of 189 years.
		Sirarpie der Nersessian, Armenia and the Byzantine Empire, 20: The Armenian origin of Basil I is now generally recognized.
	faq.macedonia.org /history/mk.dynasty.byzantium.html (1223 words)

	Byzantine Coins of Basil I
		September 879 - 28 August 866 A.D. Basil I, the Macedonian, cunningly befriended the emperor Michael III, "the Drunkard," assassinated the emperor's brother in law, and after convincing Michael to crown him co-emperor, killed Michael.
		Despite his unseemly start, Basil was an able emperor and founded a dynasty that would maintain a stable empire for almost two centuries.
		Basil I joint reign with Constantine, 10 February 868 - 3 September 879 A.D. Basil's favorite son, Constantine, depicted on this coin died 3 September 879.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /Roman-Coins.asp?e=Basil_I&par=913&pos=1&target=99 (180 words)

	HarveyHistory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However the McGraws obtained their information from Ancestry.com Basil Harvey genealogy which lists all the children below as children of Elizabeth Lewis which is impossible since Mary Hall married Basil on 15 March 1794.
		In another source, (ancestry.com Jeppesen genealogy) Mary Hall married Basil on 15 Mar 1804, so then if this is true, she would NOT be their mother.
		This REF claims that Basil T. Harvey (who married Catherine Haddox) is a son of Basil and Rebecca.
	www.bergen.org /ACADEMY/Bio/DEWITT/HarveyHistory.html (1184 words)

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