See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

MICHAEL III  . (839-867), " the drunkard," was See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael II., and succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• THEOPHILUS

Theophilus when three years old (842) . During his minority the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire was governed by his See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• THEODORA
• THEODORA (d. 1057)

Theodora, who in spite of several defeats inflicted upon her generals maintained the frontiers against the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens of See also:

• BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad and See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete . The See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent displayed her religious zeal by restoring See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image-See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship (842) and persecuting the Paulician heretics, but she entirely neglected the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of her son . As a result Michael See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up a debauchee, and See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under thesway of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle Bardas, who induced him to banish Theodora to a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent and practically assumed the See also:

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

chief See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control (857) . Bardas justified this usurpation by introducing various See also:

• INTERNAL

internal reforms; in the See also:

• WARS

wars of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period Michael himself took a more active See also:

• PART

part . During a conflict with the Saracens of the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates (856—63), the See also:

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

emperor sustained a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal defeat (86o), which was retrieved by a See also:

• GREAT

great victory on the part of his uncle Petronas in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . In 861 Michael and Bardas invaded See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria and secured the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of the 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 to See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . On See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea the empire suffered under the ravages of the Cretan corsairs; and in 865 the first pillaging expedition of the Russians endangered the See also:

• BOSPORUS, or BOSPHORUS (Gr. Boo-iopos=ox-ford, tradition-ally connected with Io, daughter of Inachus, who, in the form of a heifer, crossed the Thracian Bosporus on her wanderings)

Bosporus . In 867 Michael was assassinated by See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil the Macedonian, a former See also:

• GROOM

groom, who had overthrown the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Bardas and in 866 been associated in the Empire .