We have purchased a neat group of ancients and are listing them as we get to them. They all came out of one collection that was lovingly collected for decades.
Proclaimed emperor from prison immediately after conspiring to have his rival Leo V assassinated in the palace chapel of St. Stephen during Christmas mass, Michael was slated to reign during interesting times. Straddling the lines, as an Iconoclast he reluctantly accepted iconodules, or those who worshiped using eastern orthodox icons.
He also faced an armed insurrection from Thomas the Slave, who was crowned in Anatolia by the Patriarch of Antioch and supported by the Abbasid Caliph. However, he persevered and went on to begin the rebuilding of the Byzantine military.
Starting during 820, Michael II co-ruled with his son Theophilos. This co-rule lasted the remainder of his reign and enabled Michael to educate Theophilos on how to properly run an empire..
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