Zenonis
Sign in to saveAelia Zenonis (Greek: Ζηνονίς, 476/477) was Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Basiliscus. Her ancestry is unknown.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Zenonis
- Monarch.consort
- yes
- Monarch.title
- Augusta
- Monarch.image
- Empress Zenonis coin (cropped).png
- Monarch.caption
- Depiction of Aelia Zenonis on one of the coins minted by her husband Basiliscus
- Monarch.succession
- Empress of the Roman Empire
- Monarch.moretext
- (in the East)
- Monarch.reign
- 475–476
- Monarch.regnal name
- Aelia Zenonis Augusta
- Monarch.full name
- Aelia Zenonis
- Monarch.spouse
- Basiliscus
- Monarch.issue
- Marcus
- Monarch.dynasty
- House of Leo
- Monarch.birth_date
- 5th century
- Monarch.death_date
- 476/477
- Monarch.death_place
- Cappadocia(modern-day Turkey)
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- Image
- Empress Zenonis coin (cropped).png
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- date of death
- 0470-01-01
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- Empress Zenonis
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Aelia Zenonis (Greek: Ζηνονίς, 476/477) was Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Basiliscus. Her ancestry is unknown.
== Empress == On 17 November 474, Leo II died and his father Zeno became sole emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The new reign was not particularly popular. Zeno was an Isaurian and therefore considered a barbarian. His origins caused antipathy towards his regime among the people of Constantinople. Zeno also secured positions of high authority for his fellow Isaurians. Furthermore, the strong Germanic portion of the military, led by Theodoric Strabo, disliked the Isaurian officers that Leo I brought to reduce his dependency on the Ostrogoths. Finally, Zeno alienated his fellow Isaurian general Illus.