Michael III
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Michael III, also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Amorian dynasty. He was given the disparaging epi
Solidus of empress Theodora with Thekla and Michael III.
Coronation of the young Michael III, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes, 12th century
The Byzantine army led by Michael III lays siege to Samosata.
The Byzantine and Arab armies clash at the Battle of Lalakaon
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.
Michael III
…senior emperor (aged 2) in the Roman Empire. In 867, Michael was assassinated by his successor, Basil I. Michael was the youngest child of the emperor Theophilos and his empress Theodora. His precise date of birth is uncertain, but the balance of available evidence supports a birthdate in early 840, probably on…
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