Leo I

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Byzantine emperor Eastern Roman emperor human

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.

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All labels observed (4)

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

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 ⓘ

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 → appointedCoEmperorBy → 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