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Byzantine Empire under the Leonid dynasty

The Eastern Roman Empire was ruled by the Leonid dynasty from AD 457, the accession of Leo I, to 518, the death of Anastasius I. The rule of the Leonid dynasty coincided with the rapid decline, collapse and eventual fall of the Western Roman Empire. Following the end of the Western Empire, Emperor Zeno abolished the position of Western Roman Emperor and declared himself the sole Roman Emperor. The Eastern Roman Empire would come to last for several more centuries, and subsequent dynasties would invest large amounts of resources in attempts to retake the western provinces. The Leonid dynasty also ruled the Western Roman Empire from 474 to its abolition in AD 480.

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• ▸Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness
• ▸Hayes, Hillingdon
• ▸Byzantine mints

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