Leo II
Byzantine emperor (467-474) · Politicians · Died at 7
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Something wrong?A child who wore the purple for months, not years - made co-emperor at six, sole ruler at seven, dead before eight. His reign was a legal scaffold: just long enough for his father Zeno to claim the throne through him.
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Leo was born around 467, son of the Isaurian general Zeno and Ariadne, daughter of Emperor Leo I. His grandfather elevated him to co-emperor on 17 November 473, binding the dynasty. When Leo I died of dysentery on 18 January 474, the boy became sole emperor. Eleven days later the Byzantine Senate made Zeno co-emperor, and father and son ruled together until Leo II died in late 474. He is sometimes called "the Small" to distinguish him from his grandfather Leo "the Great."
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