Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 11:06, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)

  • ... that the high Byzantine title of sebastokrator was invented for Isaac Komnenos, who was described by his niece as an "emperor without the purple"? Source: "[...] Alexios, who created the title of SEBASTOKRATOR for him. Anna Komnene (An.Komn. 2: 11.27) calls him "emperor without the purple" and Alexios's equal." Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "Komnenos, Isaac" (C. M. Brand), p. 1144.

Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 23:56, 19 January 2018 (UTC).

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Symbol confirmed.svg GTG Makeandtoss (talk) 11:32, 20 January 2018 (UTC)