Anonymus 595 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E IX |
Dates | 820 (taq) / 820 (tpq) |
Locations | Constantinople |
Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history) |
Anonymus 595 was one of the conspirators who murdered the emperor Leo V (Leo 15) on Christmas Day 820; he was distinguished by his great size, which earned him the nickname of "one and a half" (ἓν καὶ ἥμισυ): Genesius I 20.
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