Encyclopedia > Basiliscus

Article Content

Basiliscus

Flavius Basiliscus was Byzantine Emperor 475 - 476. Consul in 465, and commanded the disastrous expedition against Gaiseric in 468. Due to his mismanagement as emperor, the deposed emperor Zeno I was able to return from exile and resume the throne. Basiliscus died with his family in exile.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

1904

... 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years: 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 - 1904 - 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 See also: 1904 in film 1904 in literature 1904 in music ...