See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

LEO I  ., variously surnamed TuRAx, See also:

• MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

MAGNUS and MAKELLES, See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, 457-474, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• THRACE

Thrace about 400 . From his position as military See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune he was raised to the See also:

• THRONE

throne by the soldiery and recognized both by See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate and See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy; his See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation by the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople is said to have been the earliest instance of such a ceremony . See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo owed his See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation mainly to Aspar, the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards, who was debarred by his Arianism from becoming emperor in his own See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, but hoped to exercise a virtual See also:

• AUTOCRACY (Gr. abroepareca, absolute power)

autocracy through his former steward and dependant . But Leo, following the traditions of his predecessor See also:

• MARCIAN (c. 390-457)

Marcian, set himself to curtail the domination of the See also:

• GREAT

great nobles and repeatedly acted in See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance of Aspar . Thus he vigorously suppressed the Eutychian See also:

• HERESY

heresy in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, and by exchanging his Germanic bodyguard for Isaurians removed the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief basis of Aspar's See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . With the help of his generals See also:

• ANTHEMIUS

Anthemius and Anagastus, he repelled invasions of the See also:

• HUNS

Huns into See also:

• DACIA

Dacia (466 and 468) . In 467 Leo had Anthemius elected emperor of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West, and in See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert with him equipped an armament of more than I10o See also:

• SHIPS

ships and See also:

• IOO

ioo,000 men against the pirate See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of the See also:

• VANDALS (Lat. Vandili or Vandilii)

Vandals in See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . Through the remissness of Leo's See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law Basiliscus, who commanded the expedition, the See also:

• FLEET

fleet was surprised by the Vandal See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, Genseric, and See also:

• HALF

half of its vessels sunk or burnt (468) . This failure was made a pretext by Leo for killing Aspar as a. traitor (471), and Aspar's See also:

• MURDER

murder served the Goths in turn as an excuse for ravaging Thrace up to the walls of the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . In 473 the emperor associated with himself his See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, LEO II., who, how-ever, survived him by only a few months . His surnames Magnus (Great) and Makelles (See also:

• BUTCHER

butcher) respectively reflect the attitude of the Orthodox and the Arians towards his religious policy . See E .

See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Empire (ed . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury, 1896), iv . 29-37; J . B . Bury, The Later Roman Empire (1889), i . 227-233 .