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Marcus (son of Basiliscus)

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Reign
  
475 – August 476

Predecessor
  
Zeno

House
  
House of Leo

Parents
  
Basiliscus, Zenonis

Name
  
Marcus Marcus

Role
  
Basiliscus' son

Aunts
  
Verina

Successor
  
Zeno


Marcus (son of Basiliscus)

Died
  
August 476 AD, Cappadocia, Turkey

Cousins
  
Ariadne, Leontia Porphyrogenita

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Marcus (Latin: Flavius Marcus Augustus) (died August 476) was the son of the Byzantine general and usurper Basiliscus and Zenonis. He was acclaimed Caesar in 475 and later promoted to Augustus, ruling as junior co-emperor to his father. Coins were issued in his and Leo II's names. When Zeno reoccupied Constantinople in late August 476, Marcus, with his parents, took refuge in a church. Zeno promised not to spill their blood, so he exiled them to Limnae in Cappadocia and subsequently starved them to death.

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