Leonid dynasty

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The Leonid dynasty was a ruling Byzantine imperial family that governed the Eastern Roman Empire in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, laying foundations for the later Justinian era.

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Leonid dynasty canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine imperial dynasty
ruling family
capital Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
continent Asia
Europe
country Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
currency solidus
dissolution death of Anastasius I
dynasticConnection marital ties with Western Roman imperial families
endTime 518
followedBy Justinian dynasty
governmentForm autocratic monarchy
hasMember Anastasius I
surface form: Anastasius I Dicorus

Ariadne
Basiliscus
Emperor Marcian
surface form: Flavius Marcianus (son of Anthemius)

Leo I
surface form: Leo I the Thracian

Leo II
Leontia
Olybrius
surface form: Olybrius (Western Roman emperor by marriage connection)

Verina
Zeno
ideology Roman imperial continuity
inception accession of Leo I
language Greek
Latin
namedAfter Leo I
surface form: Leo I the Thracian
notableEvent Acacian schism
surface form: Acacian schism between Rome and Constantinople

Anastasius I’s fiscal and administrative reforms
Long Walls of Thrace
surface form: Anastasius’ building of the Anastasian Wall

Basiliscus’ usurpation (475–476)
Council of Chalcedon aftermath and enforcement
Isaurian War
surface form: Isaurian War (492–497)

Isaurian ascendancy under Zeno
Vandal and Ostrogothic relations and conflicts
Iberian War of Justinian
surface form: War with the Sassanian Empire over Iberia
partOf Byzantine Empire
precededBy Theodosian dynasty
religion Chalcedonian Christianity
Miaphysitism
surface form: Miaphysitism (factions within the empire)
significantFor laying foundations for the Justinianic era
transition from late Roman to early Byzantine state structures
startTime 457
territoryIncludes Anatolia
Balkans
Egypt
Levant region
surface form: Levant

parts of Italy
usesTitle Emperor of the Romans

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justinian dynasty predecessor Leonid dynasty
Tarasicodissa dynasty Leonid dynasty
Tarasicodissa Zeno dynasty Leonid dynasty
Zeno Isaurian dynasty Leonid dynasty
Leo I dynasty Leonid dynasty
Basiliscus partOf Leonid dynasty
Basiliscus dynasty Leonid dynasty
Theodosian dynasty succeededBy Leonid dynasty
Leo II dynasty Leonid dynasty
Anastasius I dynasty Leonid dynasty
Zeno dynasty Leonid dynasty
House of Theodosius followedBy Leonid dynasty