Alexios Mosele (Caesar)
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Alexios Mosele or Musele/Mousele was a Byzantine aristocrat and general, chosen by Emperor Theophilos for a time as his heir, betrothed to his daughter Maria and raised to the supreme dignity of Caesa
Copper follis minted in celebration of Emperor Theophilos' (r. 829–842) victories against the Arabs from circa 835 on.
Theophilos (emperor)
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Theophilos was Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm.
Alexios Mosele (Caesar)
…Alexios Mosele (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξιος Μωσηλέ) or Musele/Mousele (Μουσελέ) was a Byzantine aristocrat and general, chosen by Emperor Theophilos (r. 829–842) for a time as his heir, betrothed to his daughter Maria and raised to the supreme dignity of Caesar. He campaigned in the Balkans, recovering…
Theophilus, in the Chronicle of John Skylitzes
Theophilos on a coin of his father, Michael II, founder of the Amorian dynasty
Theophilos ordering the urban prefect to execute his father's co-conspirators, who were involved in the murder of Leo V
Theophilos celebrating a triumph through Constantinople