Emperors of Rome

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Icones imperatorvm romanorvm, ex priscis numismatibus ad viuum delineatae, and breui narratione historicâ (1645) (14560060739).jpg
An illustration of Leo II (right) with his grandfather Leo I (left), based on coins bearing their image.
Name
Leo II
Dynasty
Leonid
Born
467
Unknown
Died
10 November 474
Constantinople
Reign
18 January 474 to 17 November 474
(9 months and 29 days)
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Leo II (Latin: Flavius Leo Augustus; Greek: Λέων Β', Leōn II; c. 467 – 10 November 474) was briefly the Byzantine (East Roman) emperor in 474 AD when he was a child aged 7. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, the daughter of Emperor Leo I. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 18 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery. His father Zeno was made co-emperor by the Byzantine Senate on 9 February and they co-ruled for a short time before Leo II died on 10 November 474.