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Zeno was an Isaurian and therefore considered a barbarian. His origins caused antipathy towards his regime among the people of Constantinople. Zeno also secured positions of high authority for his fellow Isaurians. [1] Furthermore, the strong Germanic portion of the military, led by Theodoric Strabo, disliked the Isaurian officers that Leo I ...
Saint Zeno of Nicaea, also known as Zenone or Zenonis, was a Christian martyr hailing from the 3rd century in Nicaea, Bithynia, which is present-day Turkey. While information about his life is limited, what is known paints a picture of a faithful and courageous believer who held steadfast to his Christian convictions.
Zenonis primary name: Zenonis Details individual; royal/imperial; Byzantine; Female. Other dates 475-476 (ruled circa) Biography The wife of the usurper emperor ...
List of Roman and Byzantine empresses. Livia ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), as wife of Augustus, was the first and longest-reigning empress. The Roman empresses were the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire. The duties, power and influence of empresses varied over time depending on the time period, contemporary politics and ...
Aelia Zenonis was the wife of Basiliscus and mother of Marcus. Her husband was the brother of the Empress Aelia Verina, the wife of the former Emperor Leo I. Verina convinced her husband to join with her in revolt against Zeno, Verina”s son-in-law. At first they were successful and Basiliscus was proclaimed Emperor at Constantinople following ...
These two panels come from a series of four that were made by Botticelli late in his career, and which celebrate the life of Saint Zenobius, the patron saint of Florence who lived in the fifth century. The panels have the shape of paintings known as spalliere after the Italian word for shoulder: spalla. Paintings like this were usually hung at ...
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In 1739 the brothers Ballerini published "S. Zenonis episcopi Veronae sermones", with an elaborate prolegomena. From these it appears that Zeno was a native of Africa, eighth Bishop of Verona (362-80), an able speaker, and an untiring champion of Christianity against the heathens and of orthodoxy against the Arians.
