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Episode 13 - Basil II

12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire by Anders Brownworth

Jan 6, 200731:50Society & Culture

By the time Basil II was crowned at age two, the Macedonian Dynasty had led the Byzantine Empire to seemingly endless military victories and unprecedented heights of glory. However it was not the emperors who had accompl...

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