People from Constantinople

last Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453

Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (, ), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, early Islamic philosophy, scholastic philosophy, and German idealism, especially G. W. F. Hegel, who called Proclus's Platonic Theology "the true turning point or transition from ancient to modern times, from ancient philosophy to

Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)

Procopius Anthemius (; died 11 July 472) was the Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472. Born in the Eastern Roman Empire, Anthemius quickly worked his way up the ranks. He married into the Theodosian dynasty through Marcia Euphemia, daughter of Eastern emperor Marcian. He soon received a significant number of promotions to various posts, and was presumed to be Marcian's planned successor. However, Marcian's sudden death in 457, together with that of Western emperor Avitus, left the imperial succession in the hands of Aspar. He instead appointed Leo, a low-ranking officer, to the Eastern throne

Byzantine emperor (r. 1328–1341)

14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian

Arab bibliographer and geographer (1179–1229)

Theophanu Skleraina (; also Theophania, Theophana, Theophane or Theophano; ; 955 15 June 991) was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991. She was the niece of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes. Theophanu was known to be a forceful and capable ruler, and her status in the history of the Empire was in many ways exceptional. Her official titles contained 'consors imperii', which her stepmother Adelaide of Italy already received and 'comperatrix augusta', whic

Byzantine Greek historian, diplomat (1217–1282)

Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)

Patriarch of Constantinople

Byzantine queen (1180-1208)

Greek lecturer, philosopher and humanist

Byzantine philosopher

Greek grammarian and scholar (1434–1501)

Byzantine legal scholar and Greek-Orthodox patriarch of Antioch

Patriarch of Constantinople

Greek humanist

Russian Metropolitan and saint

Patriarch of Constantinople

Greek teacher, writer and copyist (died 1478)

Empress consort of Alexios IV of Trebizond

Greek printer (died 1507)

Byzantine saint

Soviet Armenian sculptor (1902–1969)

Byzantine saint

Byzantine official

Byzantine princess

11th-century Byzantine poet and writer

Byzantine astronomer

Greek saint

patriarch of Antioch from 519 to 521

Byzantine envoy

Roman Catholic archbishop

Orthodox Christian saint (852-922)

Swedish artist (1756-1789)

Italian architect