Leo I

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Leo I was a 5th-century Eastern Roman emperor (reigned 457–474 AD) known for strengthening imperial independence from Germanic military influence and for commissioning the massive expedition against the Vandals.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Leo I canonical 15
Leo I the Thracian 10
Eastern Roman emperor Leo I 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
Eastern Roman emperor ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leo the Thracian ⓘ
appointedBy Aspar ⓘ
burialPlace Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
child Ariadne ⓘ
Leontia ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement 5th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
dateOfBirth 401 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 474 ⓘ
dynasty Leonid dynasty ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
fatherInLaw unknown Thracian peasant ⓘ
givenName Leo ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Theodosian dynasty ⓘ
militaryConflict Vandalic War (expedition of 468) ⓘ
nativeLanguage Greek ⓘ
nobleTitle Augustus ⓘ
notableAction arranged marriage of his daughter Ariadne to the Isaurian leader Zeno ⓘ
commissioned massive naval expedition against the Vandals in 468 ⓘ
promoted Isaurian officers to high command ⓘ
reduced influence of the Alan general Aspar ⓘ
strengthened imperial independence from Germanic military influence ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Aspar and his son Ardabur in 471 ⓘ
opponent Genseric ⓘ
surface form: Geiseric

Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfBirth Thrace ⓘ
placeOfDeath Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
positionHeld Roman emperor of the East ⓘ
predecessor Emperor Marcian ⓘ
surface form: Marcian
reignEnd 474 ⓘ
reignStart 457 ⓘ
religion Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
Nicene Christianity ⓘ
ruledOver Anatolia ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Verina ⓘ
succeededBy Leo II ⓘ
Zeno ⓘ
successor Leo II ⓘ
Zeno ⓘ
title Basileus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Roman emperor Zeno → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
subject surface form: Zeno
Julius Nepos → appointedBy → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman emperor Leo I
Emperor Marcian → successor → Leo I ⓘ
subject surface form: Marcian
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Majorian → co-rulerWith → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Anthemius → appointedBy → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman emperor Leo I
Olybrius → associatedWith → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Glycerius → notRecognizedBy → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman emperor Leo I
Libius Severus → notRecognizedBy → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Leo I
Ricimer → contemporaryOf → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Tarasicodissa → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Tarasicodissa Zeno → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Zeno Isaurian → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Verina → spouse → Leo I ⓘ
Verina → marriedTo → Leo I ⓘ
Verina → associatedWith → Leo I ⓘ
Basiliscus → relative → Leo I ⓘ
Nepos → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
subject surface form: Julius Nepos
Nepos → appointedBy → Leo I ⓘ
subject surface form: Julius Nepos
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire → heldBy → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Aelia Verina → spouse → Leo I ⓘ
Leo II → grandfather → Leo I ⓘ
Leo II → predecessor → Leo I ⓘ
Leo II → associatedWith → Leo I ⓘ
Zeno → predecessor → Leo I ⓘ
Zeno → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
Marcianus → fatherInLaw → Leo I ⓘ
Leonid dynasty → namedAfter → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian
Leonid dynasty → hasMember → Leo I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo I the Thracian