Zeno died in 491 from a fit of epilepsy, not genuinely mourned. The crowd greeted his widow with cries of 'give the empire an orthodox emperor, give the empire a Roman emperor.' She chose the minister of finance, a native citizen of impeccable breeding, and married him six weeks later — a firm rejection of Zeno's foreign identity and policies.
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Episode 6 (1 mention)
Zeno died in 491 from a fit of epilepsy, not genuinely mourned. The crowd greeted his widow with cries of 'give the empire an orthodox emperor, give the empire a Roman emperor.' She chose the minister of finance, a native citizen of impeccable breeding, and married him six weeks later — a firm rejection of Zeno's foreign identity and policies.
“less than two years after Leo's death.”
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