A 59-year-old member of Aspar's staff chosen as a compliant puppet emperor, Leo proved to be anything but. Though uneducated, he possessed abundant common sense and worked systematically to break free from Germanic domination of his court, ultimately having Aspar and his sons killed. He was the first emperor crowned with a ceremony involving the Christian patriarch, a tradition that continued until the empire's end.
Also known as: Leo the Thracian · Leo the Great
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A 59-year-old member of Aspar's staff chosen as a compliant puppet emperor, Leo proved to be anything but. Though uneducated, he possessed abundant common sense and worked systematically to break free from Germanic domination of his court, ultimately having Aspar and his sons killed. He was the first emperor crowned with a ceremony involving the Christian patriarch, a tradition that continued until the empire's end.
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