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| Byzantine Empire |
“In the mid-ninth century A.D., a young man named Michael III assumed the throne of the Byzantine Empire. His mother, the Empress Theodora, had been banished to a nunnery, and her lover, Theoctistus, had been murdered ; at the head of the conspiracy to depose Theodora and enthrone Michael had been Michael’s uncle, Bardas, [brother of Theodora] a man of intelligence and ambition. Michael was now a young, inexperienced ruler, surrounded by intriguers, murderers, and profligates.”*
“Both Bardas and Michael would eventually be assassinated by Basil I, who would then usurp the throne and establish the Macedonian Dynasty.”**
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* from Greene, Robert.
The 48 Laws of Power (p. 9). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(wife_of_Theophilos)
