After engineering Zeno's flight, Verina failed to get her lover made emperor and the army chose her brother Basiliscus instead. His disastrous reign featured mob violence against Isaurians, the assassination of Verina's lover, the appointment of Timothy the Weasel as religious advisor, abolition of the Patriarchate of Constantinople causing massive riots, a destructive fire, and ruinous taxation — until Zeno returned and reclaimed the throne.
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Episode 6 (32 mentions)
After engineering Zeno's flight, Verina failed to get her lover made emperor and the army chose her brother Basiliscus instead. His disastrous reign featured mob violence against Isaurians, the assassination of Verina's lover, the appointment of Timothy the Weasel as religious advisor, abolition of the Patriarchate of Constantinople causing massive riots, a destructive fire, and ruinous taxation — until Zeno returned and reclaimed the throne.
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