What is Zeno (emperor)?
{{Infobox monarch|name=Zeno|regnal name=[[Latin]]: Imperator Caesar Zeno Augustus <br/> [[Medieval Greek|Greek]]: Αὐτοκράτωρ καῖσαρ Ζήνων αὐγουστος|image=Semissis of Zeno.png|caption=[[Semissis (coin)|Semissis]] of Emperor Zeno|succession=[[Roman Emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire|East]]|reign=29 January 474 - 9 January 475|birth_date=c. 425|birth_place=[[Zenopolis (Isauria)|Rusumblada then Zenopolis]], [[Isauria]], [[Cilicia]]<br />(now [[Elmayurdu]], [[Karaman Province|Karaman]], [[Turkey]])|death_date=9 April 491 (aged 65)|death_place=[[Constantinople]], Eastern Roman Empire|predecessor=[[Leo II (emperor)|Leo II]]|successor=[[Basiliscus]]|spouse=Arcadia <br/> [[Ariadne (empress)|Ariadne]]|dynasty=[[Byzantine Empire under the Leonid dynasty|Leonid]]|house-type=Imperial Dynasty|mother=lallis|father=Kodisa|reign-type=1st reign|reign-type1=2nd reign|reign1=August 476 - 9 April 491|successor1=[[Anastasius I Dicorus|Anastasius I]]|reg-type1=Co-emperors (in the [[Western Roman Empire|West]])|regent1=[[Julius Nepos]] (474 - 480) <br/> [[Romulus Augustus]] (475 - 476)}}Zeno ([[Medieval Greek|Greek]]: Ζήνων, c. 425 - 9 April 491) Was a [[List of Byzantine emperors|Eastern Roman emperor]] from 29 August 474 - 9 January 475 (First Reign) and August 476 - 9 April 491 (Second Reign). Zeno had witnessed the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] along with the accession of [[Odoacer]] into italy. His reign was pretty much plauged with domestic revolts and riots and later leading for his deposal and accession of [[Basilicus (emperor)|Basilicus]] into the throne but nevertheless he was able to retake back the Eastern imperial throne and he was also credited for the stabilization of the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Empire]]. [[Category:420s births]] [[Category:490s deaths]] [[Category:Byzantine emperors]]