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( r st ´d z) (KEY) , d. c.468 B.C., Athenian statesman and general. He was one of the 10 generals who commanded the Athenians at the battle of Marath...
(Andronicus Palaeologus), c.1296–1341, Byzantine emperor (1328–41), grandson of Andronicus II, whom he deposed after a series of civil wars. His c...
Amaury II, c.1155–1205, Latin king of Jerusalem (1197–1205) and Cyprus (1194–1205); brother and successor (in Cyprus) of Guy of Lusignan. His ti...
(Andronicus Palaeologus) ( ndr n ´k s p l l´ g s) (KEY) , 1258–1332, Byzantine emperor (1282–1328), son and successor of Michael VIII. He devot...
( n st ´sh s, –zh s) (KEY) , c.430–518, Roman emperor of the East (491–518); successor of Zeno, whose widow he married. He broke the power that...
(Andronicus Comnenus) ( ndr n ´k s k mn ´n s) (KEY) , 1120?–1185, Byzantine emperor (1183–85), nephew of John II. He acceded to the throne by st...