Anonymus 595

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates820 (taq) / 820 (tpq)
LocationsConstantinople
Textual SourcesGenesii, 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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