Divriği
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Divriği is a town of eleven thousand people in Sivas Province, Turkey, and is the district capital of Divriği District. The town lies on a gentle slope on the south bank of the Çaltısuyu river, a trib
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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
Basil I
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Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian", was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886. Born to a peasant family in the theme of Macedonia, he rose to prominence in the imperial court after gaining the favour of
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…of their state during the ninth century. Later called Tephrike (Greek: Τεφρική) it was recaptured by the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Basil I and was temporarily named Leontokome (after Emperor Leo VI) and made into a thema. In the early eleventh century, the town was part of the territory…
A young Basil at the court of Omurtag of Bulgaria.
Basil victorious in a wrestling match against a Bulgarian champion (far left), from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript.
The Sicilian stronghold of Syracuse falls to the Arabs in 878.
The army under Nikephoros Phokas the Elder captures the city of Amantia in Italy.