Zeno
Byzantine Emperor (425–491)
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He ruled as the last emperor of a technically reunified Rome — not because he reconquered the West, but because the barbarian king who'd just ended it sent the crown back and asked permission to govern in his name.
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Born Tarasis in Isauria around 425, he rose as a general under Leo I, who used the Isaurian as a counterweight to the powerful Germanic leader Aspar. He married Leo's daughter Ariadne in 466, and when Leo died in 474, their seven-year-old son became Leo II with Zeno as co-emperor. The boy died of illness months later, leaving Zeno sole ruler. His barbarian origins made him deeply unpopular; in early 475 a revolt led partly by dowager Empress Verina drove him from Constantinople, and Leo's brother-in-law Basiliscus seized the throne. Zeno retreated to Isauria, then exploited Basiliscus's collap…
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