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Androgynous eunuch official.
"The parakoimomenos was a Byzantine court position, usually reserved for eunuchs. The position's proximity to the emperors guaranteed its holders influence and power, and many of them functioned as the Byzantine Empire's chief ministers."

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Sebastian dress in Byzantine Robes

(￥1700)【creation time: 4day】

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Holy Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian, With Their Mothers: Emmelia, Anthousa, Nonna

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Krum attacked the imperial camp before dawn. The rest of Byzantine army was too scattered to come to Nicephorus’ aid. The emperor was killed in the ensuing slaughter and his skull made into a drinking gourd by Krum. In a panic, many of Nicephorus' household fled south.

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Past historians can thus inform us through their errors as well as by their statements.

An interesting example of this lies in the accounts describing the Battle of Pliska, in which a Byzantine army was annihilated and Emperor Nicephorus I slain and turned into a drinking gourd.

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