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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.

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