Eastern Roman emperor Zeno

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Eastern Roman emperor Zeno was a late 5th-century Byzantine ruler whose turbulent reign saw internal revolts, religious conflicts, and the formal end of the Western Roman Empire.

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Zeno 0
Byzantine emperor Zeno 1
Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor
Eastern Roman emperor
Roman politician
alsoKnownAs Tarasicodissa Zeno
Zeno Isaurian
associatedWithEvent deposition of Romulus Augustulus
birthName Tarasicodissa
birthPlace Isauria
burialPlace Church of the Holy Apostles
capital Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
causeOfUnpopularity Isaurian origin
heavy taxation
religious policies
coEmperorWith Leo II
conflict Illus revolt
Isaurian War
rebellion of Marcianus
revolt of Basiliscus
contemporaryWith Odoacer
Theoderic the Great
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
deathDate 9 April 491
deathPlace Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
era Late Antiquity
ethnicGroup Isaurians
fatherInLaw Leo I
firstReignEnd January 475
firstReignStart 9 February 474
grantedTitle patricius to Odoacer
heldOffice consul
magister militum per Orientem
involvedIn formal end of the Western Roman Empire
issuedDocument Henotikon
issuedDocumentDate 482
motherInLaw Verina
policy support for Isaurian troops at court
predecessor Basiliscus
Leo II
recognizedAsOverlordBy Odoacer
reignEnd 491
reignStart 474
religion Nicene Christianity
surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity
religiousPolicy attempt to reconcile Chalcedonian and Miaphysite factions
secondReignEnd 9 April 491
secondReignStart August 476
spouse Ariadne
stepSon Leo II
successor Anastasius I

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School of Edessa closedBy Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
this entity surface form: Byzantine emperor Zeno
Romulus Augustulus coexistsWith Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
Odoacer receivedTitleFrom Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
Julius Nepos recognizedBy Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
Ostrogothic Kingdom recognizedBy Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno