Basilios 55 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| PmbZ No. | 978 |
| Variant Names | Basilius |
| Locations | Rome (officeplace);
Italy;
Rome |
| Titles | Doux (office) |
| Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Basilios 55 was a Dux (in Italy) (not the dux of Rome, see Marinos 12); he was involved with Iordanes 2 and Ioannes 232 in a plot to assassinate pope Gregory II (Gregorios 72), in which they received official support from the emperor (Leo III, Leo 3) through Marinos 12; they were unable to find an opportunity: Lib. Pont. 91. 14. Later they received official help and support also from Paulos 48, but the plot was discovered by the people at Rome; Iordanes 2 and Ioannes 232 were killed, while Basilios 55 had to become a monk and ended his life in obscurity ("Basilius vero, monachus factus, in loco quodam retrusus vitam finivit"): Lib. Pont. 91. 15.
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