Michael II
Byzantine emperor
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A Byzantine soldier who plotted his way from a death sentence to the throne by orchestrating his emperor's assassination on Christmas morning, then spent most of his reign fighting a rebel who nearly took it all back.
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Born in Amorium around 770, Michael rose through the military ranks alongside Leo V the Armenian, helping him overthrow Emperor Michael I Rhangabe in 813. The alliance soured: Leo sentenced Michael to death, but Michael turned conspirator and had Leo killed at Christmas 820, seizing the throne himself. Almost immediately Thomas the Slav launched a revolt so dangerous it nearly ended Michael's rule, dragging on until spring 824. The breathing room didn't last—his reign's final years saw two catastrophic losses that would haunt Byzantium for generations: Muslims began their conquest of Sicily, a…
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