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Leo Choirosphaktes

Byzantine scholar and diplomat · Writers · Lived 850 to 919 · aged 69

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Leo Choirosphaktes, sometimes Latinized as Choerosphactes and also known as Leo Magistros or Leo Magister, was a Byzantine official who rose to high office under Emperor Basil I the Macedonian and served as an envoy under Emperor Leo VI the Wise to Bulgaria and the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Basil I (left) and the young Leo VI (right), miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes.Basil I (left) and the young Leo VI (right), miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes.The Bulgarians routing the Byzantine forces at Bulgarophygon in 896. From the Madrid Skylitzes.The Bulgarians routing the Byzantine forces at Bulgarophygon in 896. From the Madrid Skylitzes.

Writers born in the 850s 6

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Leo Choirosphaktes, sometimes Latinized as Choerosphactes and also known as Leo Magistros or Leo Magister, was a Byzantine official who rose to high office under Emperor Basil I the Macedonian and served as an envoy under Emperor Leo VI the Wise to Bulgaria and the Abbasid Caliphate. Choirosphaktes was also a well-educated and prominent scholar and writer, many of whose works and correspondence survive.

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 850 to 919 · aged 69

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