ANST - Byzantine Emperors

[Scot Eddy]

Greetings,

In a previous post someone added a Byzantine webpage link (thanks, 
that was really interesting. Some stuff I hadn't seen before) At the 
end they stated that we should look at all of the Emperors that had 
been forcibly removed from the throne. Here for your general enjoyment 
and for chroniclers in need of material for their newsletter is a 
comprehensive list of those rulers. 

This list brings up an interesting question as well. Why have all of 
the changes of rulers been peaceful? It definitely wasn't always in 
period for Byzantine OR western kingdoms. Why haven't we had a good 
"poisoning" or rebellion? Why doesn't the prince come in and take the 
throne by force of arms. It would, of course, have to be ok'd by both 
TRM and the prince/princess. I for one would like to see some 
different persona play.

Food for thought,

Jovian Skleros


	Eighty-eight emperors sat on the Byzantine throne from 324 AD - 1453 
AD, twenty nine of them met violent ends. Here are the rulers, dates 
of their demise, and method of their "removal."

Basilicus												477 AD																Starved in prison
Zeno																	491 AD																Buried alive
Maurice														602 AD																Decapitated
Phocas															610	AD																Dismembered
Heracleonas										641 AD																Mutilated
Constantine III						641 AD																Poisoned
Constas II											668 AD																Bludgeoned in his bath
Leonitus													705 AD																Decapitated
Tiberius III									705 AD																Decapitated
Justinian II									711 AD																Decapitated
Phillipucus										713 AD																Blinded
Constantine VI							797 AD																Blinded
Leo V																820 AD																Stabbed and decapitated
Michael III										867 AD																Stabbed
Constantine VII						959 AD																Poisoned
Romanus II											963 AD																Poisoned
Nicephorus II								969 AD																Stabbed and decapitated
John I															976 AD																Poisoned
Romanus III										1034 AD															Poisoned and drowned
Michael V												1042 AD															Blinded
Romanus IV											1071 AD															Poisoned and blinded
Alexius II											1183 AD															Strangled and decapitated
Andronicus I									1185 AD															Mutilated and tortured
Isaac II													1193 AD															Blinded
Alexius IV											1204 AD 														Strangled
Alexius V												1204 AD															Blinded and maimed
John IV														1261 AD															Blinded
Andronicus IV								1374 AD															Blinded
John VII													1374 AD															Blinded
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