Leo II (Person, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/leo_ii

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Leo II (en), Leo II. (Byzanz) (de), Leone II (imperatore) (it), León II (emperador) (es), Léon II (empereur byzantin) (fr), Λέων Β΄ (el)Additional labels

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Flavius Leo II was briefly the Byzantine (East Roman) emperor in 474 AD when he was a child aged 7. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, the daughter of Emperor Leo I. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 18 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery.

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467 CE
Death
10 November 474 CE

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