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Basil II — known as Basil Bulgaroctonus ( Slayer of the Bulgars ) born 957/958 died Dec. 15, 1025 Byzantine emperor (976–1025). Crowned coemperor with his brother in 960, he had to exile the grand chamberlain (985) and defeat rival generals (989) in order… … Universalium
basil — /baz euhl, bas , bay zeuhl, seuhl/, n. any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil), having purplish green ovate leaves used in cooking. [1400 50; late ME basile < MF < LL… … Universalium
Basil — /baz euhl, bas , bay zeuhl, seuhl/, n. 1. Saint. Also, Basilius. ( the Great ), A.D. 329? 379, bishop of Caesarea in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Gregory of Nyssa). 2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning royal. * * * I Herb consisting of … Universalium
Bulgaria — /bul gair ee euh, bool /, n. a republic in SE Europe. 8,652,745; 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Cap.: Sofia. * * * Bulgaria Introduction Bulgaria Background: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in … Universalium
Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… … Universalium
Holy Roman Empire — a Germanic empire located chiefly in central Europe that began with the coronation of Charlemagne as Roman emperor in A.D. 800 (or, according to some historians, with the coronation of Otto the Great, king of Germany, in A.D. 962) and ended with… … Universalium
Samuel — /sam yooh euhl/, n. 1. a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1 3; 8 15. 2. either of two books of the Bible bearing his name. Abbr.: I Sam., II Sam. 3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning name of God. * * * I (с 11th century BC) Old… … Universalium
Bulgarian Orthodox Church — one of the national churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion. Christianity was introduced to Bulgaria in 864 by Khan (Tsar) Boris I with an archbishop appointed from Constantinople. In Macedonia, the city of Ohrid became an active… … Universalium
ROMEOCTONUS seu ROMAEOCTONUS — Graece Ῥωμαιοκτόνες, cognominari voluit Calo Ioannes Bulgarorum Rex. quasi Graecorum occisor: nam Graeci Romaei dicti sunt. Idque ut paria faceret cum Basilio Graecorum Imperatore qui, ob stragem bulgaris illatam, Bulgaroctonus, h. e. Bulgaricida … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
