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	Basiliscus
		Basiliscus was the brother of Aelia Verina and hence emperor Leo's brother-in-law.
		Basiliscus' wife Aelia Zenonis was elevated to Augusta and his son Marcus was granted the rank of Caesar.
		Basiliscus also fell out with Theodoric Strabo, the powerful 'Master of Soldiers', by granting the same rank on a notorious playboy called Armatus, who apparently was the empress Aelia Zenonis' lover.
	www.roman-empire.net /constant/basiliscus.html (592 words)

	Basiliscus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flavius Basiliscus was a rival Byzantine Emperor 475 - 476.
		Due to his mismanagement as emperor, when the deposed emperor Zeno returned from exile and besieged Constantinople, the Senate of Constantinople opened the gates of the city to Zeno, allowing him to resume the throne.
		According to the historians, Basiliscus fled to sanctuary in a church, surrendering himself and his family after extracting a solemn promise from Zeno not to shed their blood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basiliscus (150 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Basiliscus
		Flavius Basiliscus was the brother of Verina, Leo I's widow and probably came from the Balkans.
		Basiliscus had a military career under Leo and reached the consulate in 465.
		Besides fighting in the Balkans, he was in command of the disastrous expedition against the Vandals in 468 and in the coup against Aspar in 471.
	www.roman-emperors.org /basilis.htm (522 words)

	Basiliscus - Roman Emperor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Basiliscus had his military career under Leo I and he became, in AD 464, 'Master of Soldiers' in Thrace, where on several occasions he successfully defeated invaders and reached the consulate in 465.
		Basiliscus was also in command of the disastrous expedition against the Vandals in 468 were a large fleet was sent to deal with the Vandals of Northern Africa.
		Basiliscus favouritism toward the Christian Monophysite creed was not seen with delight by the people of Constantinople, and his quarreling with the patriarch of Constantinople didn't help matters either.
	www.unrv.com /emperors/basiliscus.php (450 words)

	Zeno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The unpopularity of Basiliscus' regime gave him his chance and in late August, 476, Zeno managed to recover the imperial throne with the assitance of Basiliscus' general, Armatus.
		Basiliscus and his family were exiled to Cappadocia, where they met a horrible death by starvation.
		The price of Armatus' betrayal of Basiliscus was the elevation of his son (unfortunately also called Basiliscus, but now renamed Leo) to the junior imperial rank of caesar.
	www.beastcoins.com /RomanImperial/X/Zeno/zeno.htm (578 words)

	Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History (AD431-594), translated by E. Walford (1846). Book 3
		BUT on the insurrection of Basiliscus, the brother of Verina—for the disposition of his nearest connexions was hostile, from the universal disgust at his most disgraceful life—he was utterly wanting in courage : for vice is craven and desponding, sufficiently indicating its unmanly spirit by submission to pleasures.
		Basiliscus, having thus acquired the Roman diadem, and bestowed on his son Marcus the title of Caesar, adopted measures opposed to those of Zeno and his predecessors.
		Basiliscus is, accordingly, conveyed to Cappadocia, in order to his death, and is slain with his wife and children at the station named Acusus.
	www.ccel.org /p/pearse/morefathers/evagrius_3_book3.htm (6952 words)

	Basiliscus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		History remembers Basiliscus in an unfavorable light for his biggest accomplishment seems to have been the annihilation of a large fleet sent to deal with the Vandals of Northern Africa.
		Basiliscus did what he could to appease his dwindling support net but it was a day late and a dollar short.
		Coins of Basiliscus are found bearing his name alone as well as with his brother Marcus whom he briefly recognized as co-emperor.
	www.dirtyoldcoins.com /natto/id/basil.htm (679 words)

	Chapter Gothic Kingdom Of Italy. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon
		As soon as she sounded a revolt in the ears of Zeno, he fled with precipitation into the mountains of Isauria, and her brother Basiliscus, already infamous by his African expedition, was unanimously proclaimed by the servile senate.
		Basiliscus presumed to assassinate the lover of his sister; he dared to offend the lover of his wife, the vain and insolent Harmatius, who, in the midst of Asiatic luxury, affected the dress, the demeanor, and the surname of Achilles.
		By the conspiracy of the malecontents, Zeno was recalled from exile; the armies, the capital, the person, of Basiliscus, were betrayed; and his whole family was condemned to the long agony of cold and hunger by the inhuman conqueror, who wanted courage to encounter or to forgive his enemies.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25681/2.html (738 words)

	Chapter Total Extinction Of The Western Empire. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon
		Basiliscus, the brother of the empress Vorina, was intrusted with this important command.
		The formidable navy of Basiliscus pursued its prosperous navigation from the Thracian Bosphorus to the coast of Africa.
		If Basiliscus had seized the moment of consternation, and boldly advanced to the capital, Carthage must have surrendered, and the kingdom of the Vandals was extinguished.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25678/14.html (569 words)

	Reptilekeeper Basilisk Caresheet, basilisks, basiliscus, green
		Basiliscus vittatus, commonly known as the Brown or Striped Basilisk, is found throughout southern Mexico, parts of Central America, and into Colombia.
		Basiliscus basiliscus, the Common Basilisk, is distributed throughout Central America and Colombia.
		For Basiliscus basiliscus, high relative humidity is necessary to stimulate breeding (about 80% seems to be what is needed).
	www.reptilekeeper.co.uk /basiliskcare/basilisk.php (1866 words)

	SparkNotes: Early Middle Ages (475-1000): Eastern Rome from Marcian to Justin: Doorstep of Byzantium (450-527)
		These included Basiliscus, Leo's brother-in-law, who while a Hellenized Roman devoted to Monophysitism, shared in common with the adept yet Germanic general a hatred of the Emperors new allies.
		Basiliscus fled the scene prematurely, and was forced to seek refuge in St. Sophia in Constantinople.
		Basiliscus appeared to realize his ambitions when he was subsequently proclaimed emperor.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/middle1/section2.rhtml (2528 words)

	Prolog: May 22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Basiliscus was a kinsman of St. Theodore Tiro.
		Basiliscus said: "Apollyon means `one who kills - the destroyer,' " and with fervent prayer turned the idol into dust and with a heavenly fire burned the temple.
		When the torturers of St. Basiliscus detained him for three days without food and water and when they offered him food to eat, he refused saying that he was not hungry.
	www.westsrbdio.org /prolog/my.html?day=22&month=May (1218 words)

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		Basiliscus vittatus, Commonly known as the Brown or Striped Basilisk, is found throughtout Southern Mexico, parts of Central America, and into Colombia.
		As an example of changing humidity needs, in Basiliscus, relative humidity is increased to upwards of 80% to induce breeding.
		For Basiliscus, high relative humidity is necessary to simulate breeding (about 80% seems to be what is needed).
	www.datatek.net /HAH/basilisk.html (1814 words)

	Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople
		In conjunction with a Stylite monk, Daniel the Stylite, he placed himself at the head of the opposition to the usurped emperor Basiliscus.
		Timothy Aelerus, the Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria under Basiliscus' protection since 476, had already induced Basiliscus to put forth an encyclical or imperial proclamation (egkyklios) condemning the teaching of the council of Chalcedon.
		Basiliscus withdrew his offensive encyclical by a counter-proclamation, but his surrender did not save him.
	www.1bx.com /en/Patriarch_Acacius.htm (1756 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Simplicius
		The rebellion of Basiliscus, who in 476 drove the Emperor Zeno into exile and seized the Byzantine throne, intensified the Monophysite dispute.
		Basiliscus looked for support to the Monophysites, and he granted permission to the deposed Monophysite patriarchs, Timotheus Ailurus of Alexandria and Peter Fullo of Antioch, to return to their sees.
		Zeno recalled the edicts of Basiliscus, banished Peter Fullo from Antioch, and reinstated Timotheus Salophakiolus at Alexandria.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14002a.htm (1461 words)

	Basiliscus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		He was the brother of Verina, wife of the Eastern emperor Leo I (ruled 457–474).
		In 468 Basiliscus was given supreme command of a vast Eastern Roman force that sought to expel the Vandals from Africa.
		The basilisk is in the family Viperidae; some scientists place it in the family Crotalidae.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013627 (369 words)

	Basiliscus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Flavius Basiliscus was a rival (Click link for more info and facts about Byzantine Emperor) Byzantine Emperor (Click link for more info and facts about 475) 475 - (Click link for more info and facts about 476) 476.
		He was also brother of (Click link for more info and facts about Verina) Verina, wife of (The pope who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)) Leo I.
		The antipathy towards (Ancient Greek philosopher who found the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC)) Zeno led to a palace coup which ousted Zeno, and made Basiliscus Emperor.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Ba/Basiliscus.htm (165 words)

	ST. SIMPLICIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 475 a usurper named Basiliscus drove Emperor Zeno from the throne.
		Basiliscus favored the Monophysites, and now these heretics enjoyed a very resurrection.
		The usurper Basiliscus issued an imperial decree known as the "Encyclion" which ordered the dogmatic letter of St. Leo to Flavian and the acts of the Council of Chalcedon to be burned.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp47.htm (459 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Basiliscus (Leo) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As part of his counter-attack against Basiliscus, Zeno persuaded Armatus to support him by promising to make his son, Basiliscus, Caesar.
		Basiliscus was deposed on his father's execution in 477/8, but his life was spared.
		Translations of much of the source material can be found here in Ralph Mathisen's DIR essays on the "Shadow Emperors", or in C.D. Gordon (The Age of Attila: Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians [Ann Arbor, 1960]) and R.C. Blockley (Fragmentary Classicizing Historians of the Later Roman Empire [Liverpool, 1983], vol.
	www.roman-emperors.org /bascaes.htm (198 words)

	Raul Diaz Abstract
		The genus Basiliscus on the other hand, have become specialized to living along streams by taking on an extended flap of skin running the length of their toes.
		Because of this extra skin, they can spread their weight over a greater area and are able to run quickly across the surface of water to run away from a predator (this is why this genus is known as the “Jesus Christ lzards”).
		Our results clarified the genus Basiliscus and supported the previously known relationships among all the genera, but was contradicted within Basiliscus for the relationship of B.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /rtp/students/2003/students_2003_diaz.html (490 words)

	NovelGuide: Jurassic Park: Novel Summary: First Iteration
		He identifies the lizard as a Basiliscus amoratus, and says that Tina simply suffered an allergic reaction to a lizard bite.
		As she leaves the hospital, Tina explains to Cruz that the lizard had three toes, made marks on the sand like a bird, and walked like a bird too.
		Simpson is away on a field trip, so his lab sends the lizard, which they describe as “basiliscus amoratus with three-toed genetic anomaly” to the Tropical Diseases Laboratory of Columbia University.
	www.novelguide.com /JPark/summaries/iteration1.html (917 words)

	Raul Diaz Poster
		Characters were obtained from the literature [primarily from Etheridge and de Queiroz (1988), Frost and Etheridge (1989), and Lang (1989)] and verified using museum specimens.
		New characters were also identified based on published studies on Basiliscus (Maturana, 1962) and Laemanctus (McCoy, 1968) and from personal observation.
		Non-monophyly of Basiliscus and non-monophyly of Laemanctus were not rejected by our data.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /rtp/students/2003/virtualposters/poster_2003_diaz.html (919 words)

	Searching Dataset GLOBAL
		Observations on Basiliscus basiliscus and B. plumifrons in Costa Rica.
		Food habits of Basiliscus basiliscus in Costa Rica.
		Growth ecology of a tropical Lizard, Basiliscus basiliscus.
	www.ots.ac.cr /rdmcnfs/datasets/exsrch.phtml?ds=global&qbe=21196 (3457 words)

	Zachariah of Mitylene, Syriac Chronicle (1899). Book 5.
		in consequence of a rebellion that was raised against Zeno by Basiliscus, the brother of Verina the wife of Leo, who had been associated with Zeno in the command of the army in the days of Leo, Zeno had betaken himself to the strongholds called Salmon; and Basiliscus had assumed the crown.
		Whereupon Basiliscus, for the report reached him at the same time that Zeno was returning with a great army, was compelled to make the "Antencyclicals," by which he cancelled his former letter.
		Then Zeno, upon his return, and the ejection of Basiliscus, passed a law whereby all the proceedings of Basiliscus were to be cancelled.
	www.ccel.org /p/pearse/morefathers/zachariah05.htm (6757 words)

	Medieval Bestiary : Basilisk
		The basilisk is usually described as a crested snake, and sometimes as a cock with a snake's tail.
		It is called the king (regulus) of the serpents because its Greek name basiliscus means "little king"; its odor is said to kill snakes.
		Fire coming from the basilisk's mouth kills birds, and its glance will kill a man. It can kill by hissing, which is why it is also called the sibilus.
	www.bestiary.ca /beasts/beast265.htm (533 words)

	Saints of May 22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bishop Basiliscus of Comana, Pontus, Asia Minor, was beheaded under Maximin the Thracian (a.k.a.
		Saint John Chrysostom on the eve of the holy doctor's death in the church dedicated to Saint Basiliscus to encourage him (Benedictines, Husenbeth).
		Bobo, a knight of Provence, bravely fought the invading Saracens from Spain and Africa.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0522.htm (2482 words)

	Basiliscus on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He usurped the throne during the reign of Zeno, but his extortions and Monophysite tendencies led to his overthrow and execution when Zeno recovered his throne.
		(hydrodynamic model explains how Basiliscus basiliscus lizard skips across water)(Technology)(Brief Article)
		Poetry in Motion: The Snakes of Lucan.(Critical Essay)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Basilisc.asp (217 words)

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