Leo II (emperor)
| Leo II | |||||
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| Roman emperor of the East | |||||
| Augustus | 17 November 473 – November 474 | ||||
| Coronation | 17 November 473 | ||||
| Predecessor | Leo I | ||||
| Successor | Zeno | ||||
| Alongside | See list
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| Caesar | October 472 – November 473 | ||||
| Born | c. 467 | ||||
| Died | November 474 (aged 7) Constantinople | ||||
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| Dynasty | Leonid | ||||
| Father | Zeno | ||||
| Mother | Ariadne | ||||
Leo II (Ancient Greek: Λέων, Leōn; c. 467 – 474), called the Younger, briefly reigned as a child emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 473 to 474. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, a daughter of the emperor Leo I (r. 457–474). Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 17 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery. His father Zeno was made co-emperor by the Byzantine Senate on 29 January, and they co-ruled for a short time before Leo II died in late 474. He is sometimes surnamed with the epithet "the Small" (Latin: Minor; Ancient Greek: ὁ Μικρός), probably to distinguish him from his grandfather and augustus Leo I (Ancient Greek: ὁ Μέγας, romanized: ho Mégas, lit. 'the Great').[a]
- ^ Grant 1985, p. 328.
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