If you have made taxable gifts during your life, the amount of yourpersonal exemption will be reduced by the amount of those taxable gifts. The marital deduction. All property left to a surviving spouse passes free of estate tax.
Basil II was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 976 to 1025. He has been described as hero-monster because he was a powerful and successful ruler, but also one of the most cruel, ruthless and merciless rulers in history. He ruined the lives of all of those who challenged his rule.
Officially declared by the Senate optimus princeps (the best ruler), Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death.