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Bardas (; died 21 April 866) was a Byzantine noble and high-ranking minister. As the brother of Empress Theodora, he rose to high office under Theophilos (. Although sidelined after Theophilos's death by Theodora and Theoktistos, in 855 he engineered Theoktistos's murder and became the de facto regent for his nephew, Michael III (). Rising to the rank of Caesar, he was the effective ruler of the Byzantine Empire for ten years, a period which saw military success, renewed diplomatic and missionary activity, and an intellectual revival that heralded the Macedonian Renaissance. He was assassinate

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Royalty.name: Bardas
Royalty.title: Kaisar
Royalty.image: Emperor Michael III and Caesar Bardas.png
Royalty.image_size: 230px
Royalty.caption: Michael and Bardas as depicted in the 12th century Madrid Skylitzes
Royalty.succession: Caesar of the Byzantine Empire
Royalty.reign: 22 April 862–21 April 866
Royalty.regent: Michael III
Royalty.reg type: Emperor
Royalty.birth_place: Paphlagonia
Royalty.death_date: 22 April 866
Royalty.death_place: Miletus
Royalty.issue: Antigonus, Domestic of the Schools Eirene
Royalty.father: Marinos
Royalty.mother: Theoktiste
Royalty.spouse 1: Theodosia (–862)
Royalty.dynasty: Amorian