Basil II sent his niece Zoe to marry the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, who dreamed of reuniting the two halves of the Roman Empire. Brownworth speculates that had the marriage taken place, the throne of Byzantium might have passed to Zoe on Basil's death and east and west could have been reunited — but Zoe arrived to find Otto already dead.
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Episode 13 (11 mentions)
Basil II sent his niece Zoe to marry the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, who dreamed of reuniting the two halves of the Roman Empire. Brownworth speculates that had the marriage taken place, the throne of Byzantium might have passed to Zoe on Basil's death and east and west could have been reunited — but Zoe arrived to find Otto already dead.
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