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and made it his base. The rebels raided the surrounding countryside indiscriminately, and returned with their plunder to Plateia Petra. The revolt was finally subdued by the imperial army, and Basil was brought back to Constantinople. There, he accused several magnates of being involved in the
234: 384: 227: 515: 220: 117:. The revolt, dated to between 928 and c. 932, is often seen as a popular revolt expressing peasant discontent, and a major incentive for Emperor 105: 535: 454: 495: 324: 274: 314: 165: 530: 404: 525: 414: 203: 79:, who had been killed during an attempted coup in 913, and assembled a large following. He was arrested by the local 409: 374: 349: 279: 194: 510: 104:, gathered poor and destitute people and began a rebellion. With his followers, he seized the stronghold of 500: 444: 309: 76: 520: 64: 212: 505: 464: 429: 419: 369: 329: 319: 90: 469: 449: 359: 334: 243: 424: 364: 434: 29: 490: 8: 394: 294: 118: 110: 354: 269: 60: 56: 344: 439: 199: 189: 185: 161: 114: 304: 177: 86: 20: 484: 289: 339: 81: 459: 399: 242: 389: 284: 259: 40: 379: 254: 72: 68: 44: 198:. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 268–269. 299: 97: 109:
revolt, but an inquiry proved these claims false, and he was
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Upon returning to Opsikion, he fashioned for himself a
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Peasant revolts in medieval and early modern Europe
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Index

Greek
romanized
Byzantine
Bithynia
Macedonia
theme of Macedonia
theme
Opsikion
Bithynia
Constantine Doukas
tourmarches
Constantinople
Eparch
copper
sword
Plateia Petra
burned at the stake
Forum Amastrianum
Romanos I Lekapenos




Kazhdan 1991
Kazhdan, Alexander
""Великое восстание" Василия Медной руки"
the original
Kazhdan, Alexander
Kazhdan, Alexander
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

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