'Assassination of the Emperor Leo V', (820 AD)1890. Leo V the Armenian (775-820) Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820, was assassinated by supporters of Michael the Amorian disguised as monks in the palace chapel on Christmas Eve, 820. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]
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