Basileios I Makedōn

Japanese: バシレイオス[1世]（英語表記）Basileios I Makedōn

827‐886
Byzantine Emperor. Reigned 867-886. Born into a farming family in Thrace. Under the patronage of Michael III, he rose from groom to co-emperor. Later, he assassinated Michael III and ascended to the throne, founding the Macedonian dynasty. He held the Eighth Ecumenical Council in the capital, Constantinople (869), and put an end to the Photian controversy with the Pope. He compiled the Procheiron (a practical handbook for civil and public law) and its revised Epanagoge in order to put the Corpus Juris Juris into practical use. Externally, he established themes (military districts) in southern Italy to suppress Islamic forces moving north from Syracuse in Sicily.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

827‐886
ビザンティン帝国の皇帝。在位867‐886年。トラキアの農家の出身。ミハエル3世の庇護の下に馬丁から副帝に出世。後に同帝を暗殺し即位し，マケドニア朝を興す。第8回公会議を首都コンスタンティノープルで開催(869)，ローマ教皇とのフォティオス論争に終止符をうつ。ローマ法大全の実用化のためプロケイロン(民法･公法の実務便覧)およびその改編エパナゴゲを編纂。対外的にはシチリア島のシラクサから北上するイスラム勢力に対し，南イタリアにテマ(軍管区)を新設し，これを押さえた。

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