Theophilos

...wing in the onslaught against this fortress. As the two prongs entered Byzantine territory separated by a hundred and fifty miles, Theophilos (emperor) decided to hit one of the portions of the Muslim army, before the entire invasion...

In this article: Afshin, Islam, Allegation, and God

...lent the costume to Millais who used it in his own painting Esther . The best of his later exhibits were A Versailles, The Emperor Theophilus chooses his Wife, The Broken Idol and The Goose Girl. He was elected A.R.A. in 1879 and R.A. in...

In this article: Valentine Cameron Prinsep, Theophilus, John Everett Millais, London, and Esther

...taualpha kapparhoepsilonίtautauomega." (Kai ek gynaikos ta kreitto) His pride wounded by Kassia's terse rebuttal, Theophilos rejected her and chose Theodora as his wife. When next we hear of Kassiani is that in 843...

In this article: Kassia, Holy Wednesday, Virgin Mary, God, Theodore the Studite, Holy Tuesday, Holy Week, and Myrrh

Theophilos or Theophilus or Theophilou (; 813 - 20 January 842) was Byzantine emperor of Armenian origin from 829 to 842. He was the second emperor of the Phrygian dynasty. Theophilos was the son of the Byzantine Emperor Michael II and his...

In this article: Leo V the Armenian, Sicily, Anatolia, and Baghdad

...of mathematics that he offered Leo great riches to come to Baghdad. Leo took the letter from the caliph to the Byzantine emperor Theophilos, who, impressed by his international repute, conferred on him a school (ekpaideuterion) in...

In this article: Mathematics, Patriarch of Constantinople, and Byzantine-Arab Wars

...Byzantine general in the 10th century. He was also the grandfather of the Byzantine emperor John I Tzimiskes (r. 969-976). Theophilos was a scion of the Kourkouas family, a clan of Armenian origin that had established itself as one of...

In this article: John I Tzimiskes, Mesopotamia, and Armenia

He was born to the droungarios Marinos and Theoktiste, and was the younger brother of empress Theodora , the wife of emperor Theophilos and of Bardas. Three other sisters, Kalomaria, Sophia and Irene, are recorded by the historian...

In this article: Petronas, Petronas, Michael III, Theodora, and Battle of Lalakaon

Theoktistos (, died November 20, 855), was an influential senior Byzantine official during the reigns of Michael II and his son Theophilos , and regent for the underage Michael III. He is noted for his administrative and political...

In this article: Michael III, Theodora, and Leo V the Armenian

...subject of hagiographic sources reflecting the second period of Iconoclasm. John was also charged with tutoring the future Emperor Theophilos during the reign of his father Michael II, and is credited with instilling strong Iconoclast...

In this article: John VII of Constantinople, Vinegar, and Theodora

...Theophanes the Confessor by writers active during the reign of Constantine VII, records the story of a possible ancestor during the reign of Theophilos (reigned 829 to 842). According to said story, there was an elder Martiniakos related by...

In this article: Zoe Zaoutzaina, Leo VI, Theophano, Basil, Basil I, Theophano, wife of Leo VI, and Eastern Orthodox Church