Thomas the Slav
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Thomas the Slav
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Thomas the Slav was a 9th-century Byzantine military commander, most notable for leading a wide-scale revolt in 821–23 against Emperor Michael II the Amorian (r. 820–829). An army officer of Slavic origin from the Pontus region, Thomas rose to prominence, along with the future emperors Michael II and Leo V the Armenian (r. 813–820), under the protection of general Bardanes Tourkos. After Bardanes' failed rebellion in 803, Thomas fell into obscurity until Leo V's rise to the throne, when Thomas
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Byzantine military commander (c. 760–823)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Slav
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2024-04-17T15:03:41Z
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