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Five Little Known Facts about Isaac I Comnenus

Leave a Comment / Byzantine History in the 11th Century / By Eileen Stephenson

Isaac Comnenus seized the Eastern Roman Empire’s throne in 1057 but only ruled for just over two years. Even so, he differed in several areas from the empire’s other rulers.

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